The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Forth Engineering: 2 models, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Forth Engineering is a UK-based engineering company in Maryport, Cumbria, manufacturing robots to remove risks to humans during emergencies at nuclear plants. The company developed underwater robots for nuclear inspection and collaborated on world-first underwater robot projects, shortlisted for Innovation awards in the UK defense and nuclear sectors.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Stage
Products
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Tipperbot
Forth's Tipperbot is a remotely-operated ROV (an adapted power barrow operable from about 20 metres) that sieves solids from wet sludge during nuclear-pond decommissioning, originally built to clear redundant ponds at a Magnox site.
Current platform
A2I2
Forth's A2I2 (Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention) is a tetherless intelligent underwater robot fitted with sonar to detect and avoid obstacles while inspecting hazardous environments such as nuclear storage ponds.
Partnerships
Every company Forth Engineering has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1FullDepth1× joint
Most recent
Forth Engineering on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where Forth Engineering's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Forth Engineering deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nicola Telford Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Mark Telfordcofounderno longer at company
- Nicola Telfordcofounder
Former / Previously (1)
- Mark Telford Co-Founder & former MDsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Forth Engineering.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Forth Engineering1 deployment
Recent coverage
Forth Engineering in third-party press
Peers
10 peers across 1 segment. Every Forth Engineering competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
auv(10)
9 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 10000) · leader Shihang Intelligent at 10000%
- Armach Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- CHASING Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Hullbotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Kongsberg Maritimedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- QYSEAdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Square Robotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Forth Engineering has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1FullDepth1× joint
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
A2I2 at Cleator Moor, Cumbria, UK
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Forth Engineering.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Forth Engineering from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Cumbrian students take on 2026 apprentice challenge - Cumbria Crack
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Out of Office: Mark Telford at Forth Engineering - in-Cumbria
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How robotics are ushering in a new era of pipeline repair technology - NS Energy
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‘World first’ energy technology to x-ray wind turbines - Planning, Building & Construction Today
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Q&A with Mark Telford - IOM3
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Robots for Harsh Environments: Nuclear Decommissioning - Hackster.io
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Innovation first at HM Naval Base Clyde - Royal Navy
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The new robot helping clean up Sellafield - GOV.UK
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These Five Robots Do Some Very Dirty Jobs So Humans Don't Have To - NBC News
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Robotic spider may be the answer in spent fuel ponds - GOV.UK
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/forth-engineering.md
- RSS feed: /companies/forth-engineering/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6868475e-178f-474c-b1f1-820827dd7121
- Revision history: /companies/forth-engineering/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
Video
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This lays out the goals and the research thrusts of the Army Research Lab (ARL) funded 5-year effort on assured autonomy, that spans 2020-25. This is part of th
When it comes to robotics research, advancements in speech and natural language processing plus gestures and pointing, user interfaces and visual perceptions co
Colleagues of the Johns Hopkins University Community are invited to join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy (IAA)’s 2021 Knowledge Sharing Event,
This is our demonstration video for the paper "Threshy: Supporting Safe Usage of Intelligent Web Services", by Alex Cummaudo, Scott Barnett, Rajesh Vasa and Joh
Đây là một bài blog mình viết cách đây vài năm về cách xây dựng trợ lý ảo này: https://a2i2.deakin.edu.au/2020/12/02/lessons-learned-from-implementing-face-reco
Reality vs attention
Forth Engineering draws attention at the 59th percentile but verifies reality at the 1st percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +58, 11th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026