Open Bionics
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Medical devices, healthcare |
| Headquarters | Bristol , United Kingdom |
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| 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]
In 2015 Disney and the company announced a partnership to create superhero-themed prosthetics for young amputees.[2] In the same year, 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]
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. Lockey lost both of her hands when she contracted meningococcal septicemia at 15 months of age.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Future Space Case Studies - Open Bionics". www.brl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Open Bionics and Disney release Star Wars, Iron Man and Frozen themed prosthetics". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Open Bionics 3D-printed robotic hand wins Dyson Award". Wired UK. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Winners 2015 - Tech4Good Awards". Tech4Good Awards. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Open Bionics - Bloomberg Business Innovators". Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Alita: Battle Angel Bionic Arms For Tilly". Open Bionics. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "Tilly Lockey: 'I can paint with my bionic arms'". BBC. February 15, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "Tilly Lockey Receives Bionic Arms made in Collaboration with the Production Team of Alita: Battle Angel". Technology.org. February 28, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.