Engineered Arts

In 2005, Jackson's work on the "Mechanical Theater" for The Eden Project would produce the company's first humanoid robot, RoboThespian Mark 1.

[4] In its demonstration, it was made to mimic an operator's face using a mobile phone that had built-in LIDAR and used Apple's ARKit tools.

Its key design feature is its face covered by a skin-like rubber, that can exhibit human-like expressions and characteristics.

RoboThespian is an interactive, animatronic humanoid robot[8] with LCD screens for eyes,[9] powered by Pneumatic motors, it and speaks more than 30 languages, and can be found on public display worldwide.

Completed in 2019, Ai-Da contains no conversational AI capabilities and is tele-operated using Engineered Arts Tin Man software.

A variation on the standard Mesmer, this robot was modelled after 11th President of India, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam for display at Military Might, Chandrapur, Maharashtra.

Three early versions of Robothespian performing in The Eden Project 's "Mechanical Theater"
Ameca humanoid robot, generation 1
Will Jackson (right) of Engineered Arts with the Robothespian
Innorobo 2015 - Engineered Arts - Socibot
Ai-Da Robot at Abu Dhabi Art