Buying guide
Booster T1 vs Ameca in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- Booster T1 is at the research stage; Ameca at the commercial stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Booster Robotics | Engineered Arts |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | research | commercial |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | announced-no-dateannounced | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | no price disclosed (not announced) | $250,000 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 2China Agricultural University, Tsinghua University | 2Computer History Museum, Museum of the Future |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 7 | 11 |
Editorial summaries
Booster T1
The Booster T1, from China's Booster Robotics, is a research and developer humanoid prominent in the wave of Chinese humanoids shown at CES 2026. There is no verified consumer price or delivery date on record in DEPLOY's registry. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research and applies verified-vs-claimed discipline: commercial-ramping marketing and demonstrations are common across this cohort, but third-party verified deployment is the bar, and it is not yet met here.
Ameca
Ameca, from UK-based Engineered Arts, is the famous expressive humanoid: 61 actuated movements (27 DoF head/face plus 34 DoF upper body), 50+ facial expressions, and conversational AI via the Tritium software with LLM and speech integration (Generation 3 shown at ICRA 2025). It is a stationary communication and showpiece robot, not a mobile general-purpose worker. It is commercially offered for purchase and rental at about $250,000. The expressiveness and conversation are real; what it is not is a walking, working humanoid.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Booster T1 and Ameca?
- Booster T1 and Ameca are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
- Which has more verified deployments, Booster T1 or Ameca?
- Booster T1 and Ameca each have 2 verified deployments on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).
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