Open Bionics

Open Bionics
TypePrivate company
IndustryMedical devices, healthcare
Headquarters
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
Key people
  • Joel Gibbard MBE CEO
  • Samantha Payne MBE COO
Products3D printed bionic prosthetics
Websitewww.openbionics.com

Open Bionics is a UK-based company that develops low-cost, 3-D printed bionic arms. The company is based inside Future Space, co-located with Bristol Robotics Laboratory.[1] The company was founded in 2014 by Joel Gibbard MBE and Samantha Payne MBE.

In 2020 Joel Gibbard and Samantha Payne were awarded MBEs for their services to Innovation, Engineering, and Technology.

A 3D printed Star Wars bionic hand by Open Bionics in collaboration with ILM XLab.

Partnerships

In 2015, Disney and Open Bionics announced a partnership to create superhero-themed prosthetics for young amputees.[2] In the same year, the company won the 2015 James Dyson Award in the UK for innovative engineering [3][4] and Tech4Good's 2015 Accessibility Award.[5][6] In 2016, it won a Bloomberg Business Innovators award.[7][8]

In January 2019, James Cameron and 20th Century Fox partnered with Open Bionics to give 13-year-old double amputee Tilly Lockey a pair of Alita-inspired bionic Hero Arms for the London premiere of Alita: Battle Angel.[9] Lockey lost both of her hands when she contracted meningococcal septicemia at 15 months of age.[10]

In 2020, Open Bionics partnered with gaming company Konami to create 'Venom Snake' Hero Arm covers, which are featured in the 2015 video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.[11]

Funding

In January 2019, Open Bionics raised Series A funding of $5.9 million.[12][13] The round was led by Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund, Ananda Impact Ventures and Downing Ventures, with participation from F1's Williams Advanced Engineering Group among others.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Future Space Case Studies - Open Bionics". www.brl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Open Bionics and Disney release Star Wars, Iron Man and Frozen themed prosthetics". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Open Bionics 3D-printed robotic hand wins Dyson Award". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Open Bionics robotic hand for amputees wins Dyson Award". BBC News. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  5. ↑ "Winners 2015 - Tech4Good Awards". Tech4Good Awards. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ↑ Balch, Oliver (2015-07-31). "A bionic hand in five days: how tech innovation is changing lives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  7. ↑ "Open Bionics - Bloomberg Business Innovators". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  8. ↑ "Open Bionics: Diese neuen Armprothesen machen aus Kindern Superhelden". MobileGeeks Deutschland (in German). 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Man Born Without Arm Given Bionic Limb Inspired By Metal Gear Solid". www.unilad.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Alita: Battle Angel Bionic Arms For Tilly". Open Bionics. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/gamer-born-without-a-hand-gets-metal-gear-solid-venom-snake-bionic-arm/ar-BB1b6Kud
  12. ↑ "Open Bionics closes $5.9M Series A for its affordable and cool bionic limbs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  13. ↑ "Open Bionics raises $5.9 million to make affordable 3D printed bionic limbs". 3D Printing Industry. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  14. ↑ Cook, James (2019-10-04). "Tej Kohli: The Indian tech billionaire who plans to turbocharge Britain's start-up scene". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  15. ↑ Baker, Hannah (2019-01-15). "Bristol 'superhero' arm-making company lands multi-million deal". BristolLive. Retrieved 2020-12-02.


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