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OC Robotics is a robotics company founded 1997, based in United Kingdom, developing 1 robot primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
OC Robotics has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 cited customer but no deployment on record.
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1customer cited
named in a public source · no deployment on record
- GE Aviationgeaerospace.com ↗
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against OC Robotics.
In Industrial Arm, Recognition Robotics, Hirebotics and Yarbo have deployment evidence on file.
Add a deployment →Snake-arm robots for confined and hazardous space operations
OC Robotics develops snake-arm robots, slender hyper-redundant manipulators with high degrees of freedom for navigating confined or hazardous spaces. The Explorer model, launched around 2009, features independently controlled joints, diameters down to 10 mm, payloads up to 20 kg, and supports tools like cameras, lasers, grippers, and sensors. Customers include aerospace (aircraft assembly), nuclear (decommissioning), security (counter-terrorism), and other sectors for inspection and maintenance. Based in UK.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
50.41
RoboScore 50.41 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1997 · 29 yrs
- Employees
- 17
RoboScore
50.41 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Adequate evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
5 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Awards & recognition
- Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovationemerald.com ↗
Milestones
Launched Explorer snake-arm robot product line
Raised venture capital
Press coverage
- GE Aviation acquires leading robotics manufacturer OC Robotics
GE Aerospace
- OC Robotics wins snake arm contract
NEI Magazine
- OC Robotics receives Queen's Award for Enterprise
Emerald Insight
- OC Robotics is launching its Explorer snake-arm robot product line
RobotShop Community
- Explorer
Robots Guide
Public loss record
UK product recalls reach the Office for Product Safety and Standards, which we read. Workplace incidents sit with the HSE, whose register we cannot reach.
Active products by OC Robotics
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Explorer | Industrial Arm | Reach 2.5 m·Payload 20 kg | 2009 | 59.1 |
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