Consequential Robotics Ltd.
UK service-robotics startup founded 2015 as a University of Sheffield spin-off, developing the MiRo biomimetic robot companion for research, therapy, education.
Consequential Robotics Ltd. is a UK-based service-robotics company founded in 2015 as a spin-out from the University of Sheffield, headquartered at the Department of Psychology, Western Bank, Sheffield, England. The company was co-founded by designer Sebastian Conran, Professor Tony Prescott (Director of Sheffield Robotics), and biomimetic roboticist Dr. Ben Mitchinson. Its flagship product, MiRo-B, is a biomimetic robot modelled loosely on mammalian anatomy with six senses, eight degrees of freedom, and a brain-inspired operating system designed to replicate animal neural architectures.
MiRo-B is marketed as a flexible research and therapeutic platform for universities, hospitals, and care facilities. The robot has been used in academic studies exploring companion robots as alternatives to therapy animals, and as a teaching tool for coding and robotics curricula. The company's IP portfolio spans mechatronic design and biomimetic control systems developed in collaboration with University of Sheffield researchers.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
MiRo-E
Biomimetic companion robot platform for social care, education, and research with six senses and brain-inspired control.
MiRo-B
Biomimetic robot companion with six senses and eight degrees of freedom, designed as a research and therapy platform based on animal neural architecture.
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2015
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Europe
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