AB Dynamics PLC

AB Dynamics PLC is a British engineering company that designs, manufactures and supplies advanced testing, measurement and simulation systems used in the development of vehicles, particularly for the automotive and motorsport industries. The company is headquartered in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, in the United Kingdom, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under the ticker ABDP. The business is best known for its driving robots and steering robots, which allow engineers to conduct repeatable, instrumented vehicle tests, and for its range of test systems used in vehicle dynamics, ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and autonomous vehicle development. Its product portfolio spans driving robots, steering robots, pedal robots, data acquisition systems, motion platforms and simulation tools, along with track testing services and test facility operations. AB Dynamics serves a global customer base of vehicle manufacturers, tier-one suppliers, motorsport teams, research institutions and test facilities. Its technology is used to validate vehicle safety, handling and driver-assistance features, and increasingly to support the development of automated driving systems. The company has grown both organically and through acquisitions, expanding from its motorsport engineering roots into broader automotive testing and simulation markets. As a public company on AIM, AB Dynamics reports to shareholders and has expanded internationally, with operations and subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia. Its positioning is that of a specialist, high-value engineering supplier to the automotive testing and validation market, where precision, repeatability and safety-critical reliability are central to its offering.

AB Dynamics was founded in 1982 in the United Kingdom, originally serving the motorsport and automotive engineering sectors with specialist test and measurement equipment. Over the following decades the company developed its driving robot technology, which became central to its business: instrumented robots that physically operate a vehicle's steering wheel, pedals and controls so that tests can be performed with high repeatability and precision. As vehicle development grew more complex, AB Dynamics expanded its offering from motorsport applications into mainstream automotive engineering, supplying vehicle manufacturers and tier-one suppliers with test systems for vehicle dynamics, ride and handling, and later for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving. The company also added data acquisition systems, motion platforms and simulation tools, and began operating test facilities and providing track testing services. The company became a public company, listing on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under the ticker ABDP, which gave it access to capital for international expansion. It grew both organically and through acquisitions, adding complementary capabilities in testing, simulation and measurement, and establishing operations and subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia to serve a global customer base. Today AB Dynamics positions itself as a specialist engineering group at the intersection of vehicle testing, simulation and automated driving development, with a customer base spanning automotive OEMs, tier-one suppliers, motorsport teams, research institutions and test facilities worldwide.

• 1982

  AB Dynamics founded in the United Kingdom.

• Company lists on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under ticker ABDP.

• Expansion from motorsport into mainstream automotive testing, ADAS and autonomous vehicle development.

Specialist high-value engineering supplier of precision vehicle testing, measurement and simulation systems to automotive OEMs, tier-one suppliers, motorsport teams and research institutions worldwide.

• Driving robots

• Steering robots

• Pedal robots

• Data acquisition systems

• Motion platforms and simulators

• ADAS and autonomous vehicle test systems

1. 1AB Dynamics official websiteabdynamics.com
2. 2AB Dynamics acquires US testing specialist eMpulse for initial £8.1mthemarketreporter.co.uk