Small beginnings, endless potential
The start of something extraordinary. Engineered Arts began its life as our robots do, as an idea in the mind of our founder and director, Will Jackson.
With a vision of what might be possible, he started gathering a group of talented local artists and engineers to produce mixed media installations in UK science centres and museums. Soon our mechanical creations were commissioned for sites such as the Eden Project, Glasgow Science Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw.
This was just the beginning. At first, we were working with simple mechanical figures and standard industrial controllers. But in our hearts, our desire was to make something truly mesmerising.
2004
ENGINEERED ARTS LTD
Engineered Arts Ltd was founded in October 2004 by Director, Will Jackson.
2005
THE EDEN PROJECT
Installation at education facility “The Core” for The Eden Project, one of Cornwall’s major tourist attractions.
2005
ROBOTHESPIAN MARK 1
Our passion found life in the mechanical actors we designed and built for the Mechanical Theatre at the Eden Project.
2007
KEW GARDENS
Bronze Tree sculpture at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England.
2007
ROBOTHESPIAN MARK 2
Two years on and improvements included a new head and eye design.
2010
ROBOTHESPIAN MARK 3
Upgrades included onboard valves and camera, articulated hands and upgraded software.
2014
SOCIBOT
Interactive, fully programmable robot. With an actuated neck and a rear-fitted optical projector within the head shell.
2014
ROBOTHESPIAN MARK 4
Improvements included updated hardware, the very first version of our Tritium software framework, and advanced social interaction.
2017
KING KONG
We teamed up with Madame Tussauds and Millennium FX to create 2 life-size robotic King Kong heads
2017
SAIBABA
First human realistic robot. Extreme detail, biomimetic engineering, simple movement. Located at Sai Teerth, Shirdi, Maharashtra, India
2017
JING BORAN & WUBA
Madame Tussauds tasked us with creating their first ever intelligent ‘wax’ figure to promote the launch of the movie Monster Hunt 2.
2018
FRED, WESTWORLD
The first Mesmer we made completely from scratch. Fred was created as part of the PR campaign to promote the TV series Westworld.
2019
RICO VERHOEVEN
We teamed up with Madame Tussauds Amsterdam to create a life-size robotic Rico Verhoeven head. Rico’s head and eyes follow visitors as they walk around him and the figure responds to individual visitors.
2019
NICOLAS DESMARAIS
CEO & Co-founder of, San Francisco giant, AppDirect, Nicolas Desmarais, invested in Engineered Arts Ltd and joined the board of directors. We were thrilled to finally meet an investor that shared our core values, vision and goals.
2019
NEW PREMISES, FALMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM
Engineered Arts Ltd state of the art 732 m2 (7,883 sq ft) manufacturing facility provides us with the perfect environment to create the world’s best robots.
2019
OWEN AND SELMA
The First two of Engineered Arts’ standard Mesmer robots. With improved mechanics, integrated eyeball cameras, quick release head, better interaction and more movements.
2020
CLEO & ADRAN
Adding to Engineered Arts’ standard Mesmer robot range. Enhancements included fully articulated shoulders and arms, improved facial expressions.
2020
DR KALAM
Guardian Media and Entertainments commissioned us to create an animatronic version of Indian ex-President Dr Kalam for a military museum in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
2021
TRITIUM
Our most advanced operating system to date. Built from the ground up with a cloud connected focus, integration of new and innovative digital technologies is simple. Any robot running Tritium can benefit from the very best the tech world has to offer.
2021
AMECA
Ameca is the world’s most advanced robot with a truly human form. Designed specifically as a platform for development into future robotics technologies, Ameca is the perfect humanoid robot platform for human-robot interaction.
2021
SOCIAL MEDIA VIRAL VIDEO
Ameca “First look” video achieved tens of millions of views across multiple social media platforms. So much exposure even brought Ameca to the attention of Elon Musk, who responded “Yikes” to the “First look” Twitter post.
2022
TOM SCOTT YOUTUBE VIDEO
We teamed up with popular YouTube star Tom Scott. We created a lifelike Robot head of Tom to make a video “My robot double sells out (so I don’t have to)”. The video has 3.6 million views to date.
2022
CORNWELL HOUSE, LONDON, UK
We opened a new modern office in central London. We can now showcase our state-of-the-art robots at an easy to reach location in the heart of the capital.
2023
AMECA DESKTOP & AMI
We created desktop versions of our Mesmer and Ameca robots. Making them affordable and more accessible, but still retaining quality and distinctive design.
2023
ALBERT, COPERNICUS & SHIVAJI
Albert was co-created with GSK to discuss shingles disease burden with healthcare professionals at medical events.
Guardian Media and Entertainments commissioned us to create Shivaji Maharaj.
A robot of Nicolaus Copernicus for Copernicus Science Centre.
2023
TELEVISION INTERVIEWS
From all the buzz surrounding AI in the media. Ameca is the perfect tool to demonstrate the power of ChatGPT. Engineered Arts had many interviews with the likes of CNN, Channel 4 and Sky News. Ameca even made an appearance on This Morning which turned out to be one of Phillip & Holly’s last interviews.
2023
REDWOOD CITY, USA
We opened a new modern office in Redwood City on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California’s Bay Area. Leo Chen joined Engineered Arts as Director of US Operations to head a growing US team and showcase our state-of-the-art robots across America.