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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Robotics |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Antony Lovedale |
| Headquarters | Chilcompton, Somerset, UK |
| Products | Robots Robotics kits Robot components and accessories |
| Website | www.active-robots.com |
Active Robots is a British company which sells robotics kits, components, accessories and parts.
Active Robots was founded in 2002 and incorporated in 2003 by Antony Lovedale and his wife, Maggie. [1] The company has over 3000 product lines.[ citation needed ]
Active Robots acquired Total Robots in 2009.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, the company created Active8 Robots, which provides robotic research technology to universities in the United Kingdom and Europe with the Baxter research robot and Nao humanoid robot. [2] [3] [4]
According to companies house they were in liquidation in 2025 [5]
Active Robots has been involved in education in the United Kingdom for over 10 years.[ citation needed ] They have coordinated with education providers such as EDT [6] to promote STEM enrichment.[ citation needed ] Events such as "Lego Robot Wars" and "Robot Gladiators" have been held in partnership with local educators. [7] [8] Active Robots has been called the best provider of robotics in education by the blog Total Education. [9] [10] Part of their outreach work has focused on primary school children, particularly girls, introducing them to robotics and engineering at a young age.[ citation needed ] Over 200 schools worldwide are using the Nao robot. [11] [12]
The Baxter robot is being used in university research and teaching in the UK. [13] [14] At least 15 universities in the UK have used the Baxter robot.[ citation needed ]
Active Robots products have appeared on The Graham Norton Show , [15] [16] [17] Gadget Man , [18] [19] [20] The Gadget Show [21] and ITV's Daybreak. [22] [23]
