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Active Robots

Company type	Private
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.

History

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]}

Educational outreach

Primary and secondary

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 ^[5] to promote STEM enrichment.^{[ citation needed]} Events such as "Lego Robot Wars" and "Robot Gladiators" have been held in partnership with local educators. ^{[6] [7]} Active Robots has been called the best provider of robotics in education by the blog Total Education. ^{[8] [9]} 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. ^{[10] [11]}

Higher education

The Baxter robot is being used in university research and teaching in the UK. ^{[12] [13]} At least 15 universities in the UK have used the Baxter robot.^{[ citation needed]}

Press

Active Robots products have appeared on The Graham Norton Show, ^{[14] [15] [16]} Gadget Man, ^{[17] [18] [19]} The Gadget Show ^[20] and ITV's Daybreak. ^{[21] [22]}

See also

• Robotics
• Educational robotics

References