Animatronic products

Whether it's a T.rex or a tarantula, a rhino, raptor or a talking hostess, Kokoro creates the most durable and lifelike animatronic models on the market, either off-the-shelf or tailor-made to your specific needs.

Kokoro Company Ltd

Kokoro Company Ltd, a company of Sanrio Group, has been a pioneer in animatronic technology since 1984. Based in Tokyo, Kokoro employs more than 50 experts in leisure planning, art, design, engineering and electronics.

Natural History Museum-Kokoro partnership

The Museum’s partnership with Kokoro Company Ltd started in 1990.  Since then, we have delivered and maintained over 200 exhibitions with Kokoro animatronics for a broad range of clients. We display animatronics in our own permanent galleries and, as Kokoro agents, we sell animatronic products across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

We are the sole agents for Kokoro's rental and permanent sale products across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Our established partnership with Kokoro provides:

  • an easy and reliable service
  • unique quality products
  • expertise and technical excellence, and
  • experience from manufacturing, leisure and museum sectors.

Our animatronic models are the ideal choice for theme parks, themed restaurants, museums, science centres, aquariums, zoos and retail developments that are interested in incorporating state-of-the-art technologies into displays.

  • Animatronic product design
    Animatronic product design

    Turn your ideas into reality. Find out about the creative process of designing animatronics, what a typical production plan involves, and read more about the unrivalled expertise that Kokoro bring to the design process.

  • Animatronic product manufacture
    Animatronic product manufacture

    Kokoro’s attention to detail and dedication to perfection enforces its standing as the world’s leading animatronic manufacturer.

  • Servicing animatronic products
    Servicing animatronic products

    From initial animatronic product enquiries through to installation, we assist our clients in a number of ways.

  • The new actroid robots from Kokoro are amazingly lifelike.
    Animatronic models

    Dinosaurs, tarantulas, humanoids, rattlesnakes and dragons: find out more about any of our existing animatronic models.

Contact us

Planning and Design Consulting
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5767
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Adam Sanders
Business Development and Account Manager
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5767
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Audrey O'Connell
Head of Planning and Design Consulting
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5397
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