Rethinking Industrial Hardware
Our Purpose
8 billion tonnes of CO2 are emitted and £2.4 trillion spent every year overcoming friction in machines and remanufacturing worn out mechanisms. Actuation Lab is spearheading an effort to slash these figures, combining the latest innovations in materials, manufacturing and origami-inspired design to create low-wear hardware for a more efficient planet.
Innovation^for Longevity
Origami-inspired engineering is a proven method for creating efficient and simplified machines and mechanisms without wear components. With this tool, we are developing a pipeline of long-lasting, highly efficient hardware products to improve sustainability across all our mechanised industries.
Investing^in a better planet
By intelligently redesigning the world’s least efficient hardware components, it should be possible to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 3.14 billion tonnes and increase yearly industrial profits by the best part of £1 trillion. We are investing all of our engineering capabilities in this cause and welcome you to join us.
We are^Actuation Lab
Simon, Tom, and Michael have worked together as researchers for the last 10 years optimising and simplifying technology for applications spanning manufacturing, renewable energy, and marine sectors. In the summer of 2019, they consolidated their intellectual property and experience, and spun Actuation Lab out of the University of Bristol, with a revolutionary approach to designing industrial hardware.
Latest News
- 27.01.23
Our administrator Gaëlle Henriet has had a varied career over the past 10 years, wearing various hats as a translator, a crochet tutor, and an admin assistant. She is now [...]
- 06.01.23
Another key hire to the Actuation Lab Engineering team – welcome Ryan Vickers-Rendall! Here we have CEO Simon Bates handing over one of our fresh-off-the-press Actuation Lab lanyards in front [...]
- 20.12.22
Developer of origami-inspired industrial hardware, Actuation Lab, has secured financial backing from respected hard-tech and climate-tech investors to develop hardware that will prevent catastrophic gas leakage and allow the safe [...]