Buying guide
Ameca vs K2 Bumblebee in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- K2 Bumblebee has the lower recorded price.
- Ameca has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).
- Ameca is at the commercial stage; K2 Bumblebee at the pilot stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Engineered Arts | Kepler Robotics |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | commercial | pilot |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | $250,000 (actual sale price) | $34,000 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 2Computer History Museum, Museum of the Future | 1SAIC General Motors |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 11 | 5 |
Editorial summaries
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.
K2 Bumblebee
Kepler Robotics describes the K2 (Bumblebee) as commercially available and in mass production, priced at about $34,000 (RMB 248,000) per unit per the company's official announcement. Most volume is sold through enterprise framework agreements rather than individual retail. The price is verified from Kepler's own release.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Ameca and K2 Bumblebee?
- Ameca and K2 Bumblebee 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 is cheaper, Ameca or K2 Bumblebee?
- K2 Bumblebee has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Ameca. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
- Which has more verified deployments, Ameca or K2 Bumblebee?
- Ameca has more verified deployments (2) on the DEPLOY registry than K2 Bumblebee (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.
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