01 · The data atlas
What do we know — and what are we missing?
Explore the sources, the numbers and the gaps. Understand how the data was collected and what conclusions it can support.
Robotics · An independent study
Who is building robotics?
We usually meet a robot when it does something impressive. By then, we have missed most of the story.
Who developed the ideas? Who paid for the research? How did a laboratory become connected to a company — and what came of it?
This study explores the people and organisations behind robotics, starting in France and following their connections abroad. We bring together research papers, patents, funding records and company information, then use them to investigate questions like these.
Each story follows a question through the evidence, with visual explanations and sources you can inspect.
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02 · The network map
How does this world connect?
Explore the graph of companies, laboratories and other organisations. Follow their relationships, examine the groups they form, and see how the picture changes when you look at funding, research or commercial connections.
03 · The directory
Looking for a particular company or laboratory?
Find an organisation by name and see the information we have collected about it. The yellow pages, with considerably more robots.