Open Bionics

Open Bionics
Private company
Industry Medical devices, healthcare
Headquarters Bristol, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Joel Gibbard CEO
  • Samantha Payne COO
Products 3D printed bionic prosthetics
Website www.openbionics.com

Open Bionics, founded in 2014, is a UK based company developing low-cost bionic hands. It is based inside Future Space, co-located with Bristol Robotics Laboratory.[1]

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

In 2015 Disney and the company announced a partnership to create superhero-themed prosthetics for young amputees.[2]

In 2015 the company won a James Dyson Award for innovative engineering 2015[3] and a Tech4Good award.[4] In 2016 it won a Bloomberg Business Innovators award.[5]

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. ↑ "Winners 2015 - Tech4Good Awards". Tech4Good Awards. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Open Bionics - Bloomberg Business Innovators". Retrieved 2016-02-03.
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