Acrobot, founded in 1999, is a spin-out from Imperial College London.  The founders included Brian Davies, Professor of Medical Robotics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College and Justin Cobb, Professor of Orthopaedics at Imperial College and a practising surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London.

The Company’s products and services centre on the application of computer science, mechanical, electrical, and electronics engineering disciplines to surgery. The early focus of the Company was on the development of hands-on robotic solutions and this work ultimately led to the evolution of the Acrobot Modeller™, Acrobot Planner™ and Acrobot Navigator™ products.

Following a funding round in July 2007, Acrobot has moved forward to fully commercialise its Modeller, Planner and Navigator products in orthopaedics and to accelerate development of its exciting bone sculpting robotic solution, Acrobot Sculptor®. The Acrobot Sculptor® system is a motorised programmable device based on   Acrobot’s key ‘Active Constraint’ patented technology, which prevents the surgeon accidentally moving a bone cutting tool outside a specified area.