Best Consumer Robotics Companies in United Kingdom
The 53 best Consumer Robotics companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ugobe.
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Ranked: Best Consumer Robotics companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugobe Animatronic pet companion robot | $20M | 218 mo ago | Series C | John Sosoka Co-Founder | 2006 | PHPCentOSOpenSSL+6 | — | — |
| 2 | Emotech Provider of a personal social robot with an AI-based personality that evolves with time | $11M | 119 mo ago | Series A | Jan Medvesek Co-Founder | 2014 | — | 24 patents Embodied conversational AI for social robots with multimodal audio and command processing | — |
| 3 | Open Bionics Manufactures robotic prosthetic hand | $7M | 90 mo ago | Series A | Samantha Payne Co Founder and COO | 2014 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+26 | 33 patents advanced 3D‑printed low‑cost prosthetic hands with sensory feedback | — |
| 4 | Touch Bionics Developer of upper-limb prosthetic for the treatment of patients with upper-limb deficiencies | $5M | 177 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2005 | — | 133 patents Advanced prosthetic hand components, actuation mechanisms, and sensor-based control systems. | — |
| 5 | BioLiberty Provider of robotic assistance glove for handling hand weakness | $4M | 31 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | — | 11 patents Soft robotic assistive devices for medical rehabilitation and assistive technology | — |
| 6 | Cambrian Intelligence AI-based operating system for robots | $4M | 33 mo ago | Seed | Hamid Reza Zaheri Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Genie Connect Robotic-based elderly care management solution | $3M | 63 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Centaur Robotics Provider of robotics services | $1M | 27 mo ago | Seed | Eric Kihlstrom CEO | 2013 | — | 13 patents Assistive mobility devices and manufacturing methods for personal walking support | — |
| 9 | Primo Toys Smart toys for early learning | $1M | 125 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — |
| 10 | Indybo Modular robots for learning through playing | $1M | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | Prabodh Pasunooru Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Service Robotics Provider of remote care technology and a digital companion for independent living | $913K | 75 mo ago | Series A | Eva Fielding CEO | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | — |
| 12 | BinaryBots DIY robotic toys for leaning to code | $659K | 104 mo ago | Seed | Chris Burgess CEO & MD | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Robotical Developer of bipedal walking robot that helps in learning | $381K | 36 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+34 | 5 patents Robotic leg mechanisms for locomotion and terrain adaptation | — |
| 14 | Joto Provider of an online tool for interior wall decor | $258K | 97 mo ago | Seed | Jamie Wieck Founder & Director | 2016 | Prismicstyled-componentsReact+13 | — | — |
Top 12 Consumer Robotics companies in United Kingdom
#1
Seed · London, England · founded 2013 · 4 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Provider of robotics services
- Apr 2024Seed$633.5K
- Jul 2020Seed$815.4K
#2
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2020 · 4 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Developer of assistive robotics and rehabilitative technologies designed to empower every human to live a longer independent life. The company aims to shape a future where independence is no longer restricted by traumatic and degenerative conditions through its novel technology that provides assistance and rehabilitation, allowing individuals to live comfortably in their own homes for longer and medical professionals to provide exceptional social care services to improve patient outcomes.
#3
Seed · London, England · founded 2015 · 2 employees$3.6Mraised▾
AI-based operating system for robots. It developing an artificial intelligence-based operating system for robots that enables a universal interface for robotic teleoperation. It equips controllers with a VR headset that would provide the user with a 3D view of the working environment enabling them to manipulate the robot via hand movements. The system would also provide feedback to the user through the gloves enabling them to feel the robot's movement.
- Sep 2023Seed$3.5M
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$54.7K
- Jan 2019Seed$100K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$54.5K
#4
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2016 · 10 employees$381.3Kraised▾
Developer of bipedal walking robot that helps in learning. It has developed a walking robot called Archie- which is positioned for learning robotics. The robot is made of 3D-printed components. The robot is designed to be compatible with the Raspberry Pi platform and also works with BeagleBones, Arduino, and other such boards. The robot also has options to extend it by adding relevant sensors and outputs.
- Jul 2023Seed—
- Dec 2017Seed$381.3K
#5
Seed · Bristol, England · founded 2017 · 14 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Robotic-based elderly care management solution. The robotic technology offers intuitive voice-enabled companion services for elders and vulnerable adults. It also enables the care team, providers, and family members to be in connection with the care seeker.
- Apr 2021Seed$766.2K
- Jun 2020Seed$745.8K
- Apr 2020Seed$701.1K
- Aug 2018Seed$409.8K
#6
Series C · Eagle, England · founded 2006$20.5Mraised▾
Ugobe is formerly the parent company behind Pleo, a lifelike Camarasaurus robot that displays distinct emotional and developmental behaviors. Pleo weigh about 3.5 pounds and measure 21 inches from head to tail, and retailed for $349. The Pleo is full of infrared and motion sensors that detect how the Pleo is being interacted with, and speakers to help the robot make its emotions known. After Ugobe filed for bankruptcy, Jetta Company Limited relaunched PLEO as part of its Innvo Labs subsidiary.
- Apr 2008Series C$12.5M
- Oct 2006Series B$8M
#7
Series A · Bristol, England · founded 2014 · 32 employees$7Mraised▾
Open Bionics designed a low-cost robotic prosthetic hand using 3D printing. This robotic hand senses muscle contractions and expansions an understands the variations in muscle movements and performs the task much similar to a normal hand. This is light-weight and low-cost robotic hand got a crowdfunding of $67.5k through Indiegogo campaign. The company has won Inclusive Technology Prize, prosthetic innovation award by Limbless Association Prosthetic and Orthotics Awards, and was listed in the top 50 robotics company in international RBR50 list.
- Jan 2019Series A$6.4M
- Mar 2017Seed$579.3K
- Dec 2016Seed—
#8
Series A · London, England · founded 2014 · 17 employees$10.7Mraised▾
Emotech is developing Olly, a voice-controlled social robot with a personality that evolves with time and interactions. It is based on the concepts of AI and is inspired by the human brain, face/voice recognition, machine learning. The robot is claimed to be able to understand human forms of communication, understand context, and knows when to talk what. The bot takes the form of an animated eyeball that is housed in a lamp-shaped cup designed to roll around on your tabletop.
- Aug 2016Series A$10M
- Apr 2015Angel$740.1K
#9
Acquired · Livingston, England · founded 2005 · 45 employees$4.8Mraised▾
Touch Bionics develops and markets upper-limb prosthetics for the treatment of patients with upper-limb deficiencies. Its offerings comprise of a series of myoelectric and partial hand solutions, silicone prostheses, which are marketed under the brand of i-Limb and feature five independently-powered fingers allowing the wearer to hold, maneuver and grip objects using individual digits. The company also provides life-like silicone prosthetic coverings that feel and behave in a similar way to human skin, each covering mimics the three dermal layers found in human skin. It was spun out of the NHS in Scotland in 2003. It has won multiple accolades for its products including the MacRobert Award by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, DaVinci Award by the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Best Prosthetic or Orthotic Product Innovation Award by the UK Limbless Association, and inclusion in Time Magazines Top 50 Inventions of 2008.
- Oct 2011Series A$3.9M
- Jan 2010Venture Debt$1.3M
- May 2006Angel$945K
#10
Series A · Bristol, England · founded 2017 · 3 employees$913.2Kraised▾
Provider of remote care technology and a digital companion for independent living. It offers a remote care platform that supports individuals with wellbeing, daily living, cognitive activities, digital access, and video calls. It provides a digital companion that assists with medical reminders, daily living prompts, and remote care calls. The company also offers a care portal for care recipient management, intelligent insights, auditing, and analytics tools. Additionally, it provides a companion app for families and caregivers, offering secure access for care monitoring and support.
- Apr 2020Series A$701.1K
- Jan 2019Seed$212K
#11
Seed · London, England · founded 2013 · 9 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Primo is a technology company for children of all ages. It designs and build toys that help children learn and create with technology. Its products include Cubetto Playset, a programming interface that teaches children programming logic without the need for literacy or screens and Cubetto Robot, a DIY robot easy to build and code. It teaches children basic robotics and coding.
- Feb 2016Seed$435.9K
- Apr 2015Angel—
- Oct 2014Seed$750K
- Aug 2014Seed$42.2K
#12
Deadpooled · London, England · founded 2014$1Mraised▾
Indybo is a robotic toy manufacturing company founded in 2014. It has developed modular robot for kids called Indybo which can be programmed from phone/tablet. Its modularity gives it a variety of possible arrangements and it can be brought to motion by using the intuitive app which allows configuration of each module. Its digitized face show emotions, detects obstacles, respond to voice commands and interact using LEGO. This teaches kids the basics of programming and electronics, in a fun and engaging way and helps develop an intuition for programming.
- Feb 2015Seed$1M
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Consumer Robotics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Robotics is moving in the United Kingdom
A read on the academic research around Robotics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,053 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
- Imperial College London163
- University College London125
- University of Oxford80
- King's College London77
- University of Cambridge70
- Motion planning5→170
- Path (computing)4→103
- Reinforcement learning2→93
- Trajectory5→58
- Task (project management)4→53
- Motion planning7→111
- Path (computing)2→72
- Task (project management)3→42
- Mobile robot1→36
- Key (lock)2→34
- Field (mathematics)2→31
- Human–robot interaction1→22
- Robotic surgery4→21
- Human–computer interaction8→24
- Automation3→19
Where robotics is researched across United Kingdom
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing robotics patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom robotics patent filing is accelerating — 5,708 filings from 1,514 assignees (2016–2025), led by Ocado Innovation, CMR Surgical, Renishaw; annual filings 335→652.
- Ocado Innovation856
- CMR Surgical631
- Renishaw453
- Rolls Royce390
- BAE Systems333
- Oliver Crispin Robotics215
- Dyson Technology185
- General Electric133
Common questions
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