alaraa

ALARAa is a privately held research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that specializes in advanced robotics and artificial intelligence solutions for industrial and research applications. The organisation was founded in 2012 by Dr. Emma Li and Professor Marc Delgado, both former researchers at the University of Cambridge's Robotics Lab, with a mission to develop autonomous systems that can operate safely and efficiently in complex environments.

The company’s product portfolio includes modular robotic platforms, AI‑powered perception systems, and a cloud‑based framework for real‑time data analytics. Its flagship product, the LATE (Learning‑Augmented Task Execution) platform, combines reinforcement learning with symbolic planning to enable robots to adapt to dynamic factory floors while following strict safety protocols. In addition to hardware, ALARAa has developed a suite of software tools that allow developers to integrate proprietary machine learning models into existing manufacturing workflows with minimal code changes.

ALARAa has partnered with several leading manufacturers, including Siemens and Bosch, to pilot its autonomous maintenance systems. In 2018 the company was awarded the National Robotics Innovation Award for its work on energy‑efficient swarm robotics. In 2022 it opened a joint research lab with the University of Oxford to explore resilient AI systems for space and deep‑sea exploration.

The organisation is governed by a board of directors comprised of industry veterans and academic experts. Its research activities are primarily funded through a mix of venture capital, European Union Horizon Europe grants, and revenue from commercial contracts. ALARAa maintains an open‑source policy for many of its software libraries, encouraging collaboration with the broader robotics and AI communities.