Buying guide
Ameca vs Unitree H1 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- Unitree H1 has the lower recorded price.
- Ameca has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).
- Ameca is at the commercial stage; Unitree H1 at the research stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Engineered Arts | Unitree Robotics |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | commercial | research |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | waitlistwaitlist |
| Price | $250,000 (actual sale price) | $90,000-$128,900 (manufacturer target) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — |
|
| Verified deployments | 2Computer History Museum, Museum of the Future | 1Carnegie Mellon University |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 11 | 14 |
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.
Unitree H1
The Unitree H1 is Unitree's higher-end research and developer humanoid (the standard H1 and the upgraded H1-2 with 7-DoF arms). Unitree lists it from about $90,000 on a contact-sales basis, up to about $128,900 for the H1-2. It is research and developer hardware, not a consumer-home product.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Ameca and Unitree H1?
- Ameca and Unitree H1 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 Unitree H1?
- Unitree H1 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 Unitree H1?
- Ameca has more verified deployments (2) on the DEPLOY registry than Unitree H1 (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.
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