Physical AI for More Efficient and Resilient Grid Operations — Lessons from Offshore and Onshore Substation Deployments

Grid operators face a growing gap between substation assets to monitor and people available to inspect them — a gap that widens offshore, where access is costly and hazardous. Grid expansion is colliding with longer equipment lead times, making every asset critical to protect and justifying a shift to predictive maintenance, with Physical AI set to play a key role. ANYbotics shares field-proven lessons deploying legged robots across offshore and onshore substations, running continuous visual, thermal, and acoustic inspections catching anomalies early, without exposing personnel to risk.