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Ameca vs MagicBot Z1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Ameca is further along: at the commercial stage versus MagicBot Z1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

  • Ameca is at the commercial stage; MagicBot Z1 at the pilot stage.
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Ameca (Engineered Arts). Image by Willy Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Wikidata Q114350510). Re-hosted on the DEPLOY blob store from the Commons original.
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ManufacturerEngineered ArtsMagicLab
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitycommercialpilot
Autonomy—◐ not independently verified
Availabilityshipping-nowshippinginternal-onlyenterprise
Price$250,000 (actual sale price)no price disclosed (not announced)
Capability claims—
  • Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain——
Verified deployments2Engineered Arts, Engineered Arts2MagicLab, MagicLab
Privacy practices——
Sources on file138

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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.

MagicBot Z1

MagicLab's MagicBot Z1 (unveiled July 8, 2025 in Beijing) is a roughly 140-centimeter, 40-kilogram humanoid (24-to-49 degrees of freedom, in-house actuators) marketed for agile motion via side-flip and martial-arts demonstrations; the MagicBot Gen1 has appeared in factory multi-robot demos. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with no verified deployments.

The verified-vs-claimed point is central here: the side-flip and martial-arts clips are choreographed or teleoperated demonstrations, not autonomous task performance, and the factory demos are demonstrations, not verified at-scale deployment. As a pilot platform it has no consumer price.

Common questions

How do Ameca and MagicBot Z1 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Ameca is further along: at the commercial stage versus MagicBot Z1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Ameca is at the commercial stage; MagicBot Z1 at the pilot stage.
What is the difference between Ameca and MagicBot Z1?
Ameca and MagicBot Z1 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.
Is Ameca or MagicBot Z1 more autonomous?
On the DEPLOY registry, neither Ameca nor MagicBot Z1 has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.
Which has more verified deployments, Ameca or MagicBot Z1?
Ameca and MagicBot Z1 each have 2 verified deployments on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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