Samantha Payne

Samantha Joanne Payne MBE is an English entrepreneur. The co-founder of Open Bionics, a bionics company developing affordable prosthetics for children,[1] Payne has won a number of international awards for her work. These include the MIT Technology Review 'Innovators under 35' in 2018,[2] James Dyson gong for innovative engineering[1] and Wired Innovation Fellow in 2016.[3] In the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2020, Payne was awarded an MBE, for her work making bionic technology more accessible.[4]

  1. ^ a b Sheppard, Emma (3 May 2017). "The entrepreneur behind a revolutionary 3D-printed robotic hand". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Artificial intelligence & robotics - Samantha Payne". MIT Technology Review. MIT.
  3. ^ "WIRED2016: Innovation Fellows". Wired Magazine. Wired. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ^ Baker, Hannah (13 October 2020). "Bristol entrepreneurs recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours 2020". Business Live. Retrieved 10 March 2021.