Robot Dogs for Construction
Quadruped robots that carry scanners and cameras through active jobsites.
8 robots · 9 companies · from the Future of Built file
Robots
Boston Dynamics
ANYbotics
DEEP Robotics
Emesent
MAB RoboticsCompanies
- Boston Dynamics · Waltham, United States · founded 1992
Spot is now a regular on jobsites - scanning, safety walks, and as-built capture on terrain wheels cannot handle.
- FieldAI · Irvine, United States · founded 2023
FieldAI (Field Foundation Models) run on Spot and other platforms - hundreds of live sites, three continents. DPR, Big-D, McLaren, Innovo in Dubai, Caterpillar. BuiltWorlds’ highest-rated robotics company among GCs in 2026.
- ANYbotics · Zurich, Switzerland · founded 2016
ANYmal is a rugged quadruped for autonomous industrial inspection - stairs, grate floors, and plants that were never designed for robots.
- Emesent · Brisbane, Australia · founded 2018
Hovermap LiDAR that flies or walks GPS-denied mines, plants, and unfinished decks.
- DEEP Robotics · Hangzhou, China · founded 2017
Quadrupeds for inspection on rough ground. Chinese industrial dogs on plants and sites.
- Energy Robotics · Darmstadt, Germany · founded 2019
Fleet software that runs Spot, ANYmal, and drones on industrial sites as one inspection crew.
- Unitree · Hangzhou, China · founded 2016
Hangzhou quadrupeds. The B2 walks plant stairs and unfinished decks that a wheeled scanner will not - industrial inspection, not a living-room demo.
- Ghost Robotics · Philadelphia, United States · founded 2015
Vision 60 is a quadruped for industrial and construction-site inspection - Philadelphia Navy Yard. Legs for stairs and rubble where wheeled UGVs stop; cameras and sensors on the back.
- MAB Robotics · Poznań, Poland · founded 2019
Honey Badger is a waterproof quadruped for land and shallow water inspection - Poznań. RBR50 2025. Legs where wheeled UGVs stop at the puddle or the stair.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a robot dog used for on a jobsite?
- Mostly reality capture, progress tracking and inspection on routes that wheeled robots cannot handle.
- Which companies are on the robot dogs for construction list?
- Future of Built lists 9 companies here, including Boston Dynamics, FieldAI, ANYbotics, Emesent, DEEP Robotics, Energy Robotics, Unitree and Ghost Robotics.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (3), China (2), Australia (1), Germany (1), Poland (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 8 robots on this page, 8 deployed, per the Future of Built file.