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.

Readiness

Ameca is shipping now at $250,000 (actual sale price), no capability claims are on file, 2 verified deployments are on file, and no incidents are on record.

Availability

shipping-now

Shipping now.

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Price honesty

actual-sale-price

One price on file: $250,000 (actual sale price).

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Capability honesty

no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for Ameca.

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Real-world use

commercial

Maturity: commercial. 2 verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

no-incidents

No incidents on record. 2 verified deployments on file.

What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

• $250,000actual sale price · Engineered Arts (Ameca) ↗ · as of 2025-05-01

Real-world use

• Mountain View operated by Engineered Arts2024-11-20
• Dubai operated by Engineered Arts2022-10-10

Safety record

No incidents on record. 2 verified deployments on file.

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Ameca.

Specs

dof

61

notes

• Verified: Engineered Arts (founded Oct 2004, Falmouth, Cornwall UK; founder Will Jackson) makes Ameca, an expressive stationary upper-body/face social humanoid for human-robot interaction, research, exhibition, and hospitality. First revealed Dec 2021, public debut CES Jan 2022, Gen 3 at ICRA 2025. Predecessor RoboThespian has a 50+ unit track record (NASA Kennedy, science museums).
• What it is NOT: Ameca is NOT a bipedal/locomotion or labor humanoid - it does NOT walk ('not yet mobile') and is explicitly outside the warehouse/factory labor-humanoid race. Will Jackson frames it around face-to-face interaction, not locomotion or payload.
• Maturity = commercial (niche): This is the one entity in the Wave-5 cohort that clears the commercial bar: named, independently verifiable museum/institution installs across multiple countries (National Robotarium Edinburgh, Museum of the Future Dubai, Computer History Museum, Deutsches Museum, Copernicus Science Center), a published ~$250k price, an active purchase/rental motion, and a multi-generation product. Commercial for the expressive-HRI/exhibition category, NOT general-purpose labor.
• Claimed but NOT verified: Exact total Ameca install count (the '50+' applies to RoboThespian, not Ameca); precise per-config pricing (only ~$250k has a named-quote source; the $100k-$500k range is secondary-blog); 'world's most advanced humanoid' (marketing superlative); future walking capability (stated in-development, not demonstrated).

specs

Ameca: 61 actuated movements (27 DoF head/face + 34 DoF upper body), 50+ facial expressions, ~187 cm, stationary; Tritium software with LLM/speech integration; Generation 3 shown at ICRA 2025. ~$250,000; offered for purchase AND rental.

ai_system

Tritium

height_cm

~187 cm

weight_kg

62

formFactor

humanoid (stationary expressive upper-body/face HRI humanoid; does NOT walk)

What's under the hood

No brain on file for Ameca.

Frequently asked questions

Video

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Sources

1. Ameca official product page (61 actuated movements; purchase + rental) · https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/ ↗
2. Ameca (robot): reveal Dec 2021, CES Jan 2022; verified museum install base · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameca_(robot) ↗
3. Engineered Arts (founded 2004, Falmouth UK; RoboThespian -> Mesmer -> Ameca lineage) · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_Arts ↗
4. Ameca ~$250,000; does not walk (Will Jackson quotes) · https://www.uniladtech.com/news/worlds-most-advanced-humanoid-robot-368624-20241210 ↗
5. Humanoid robots for rent: Ameca rental model · https://www.axios.com/2022/05/24/humanoid-robots-rent-ameca-android ↗
6. Ameca Specs · https://engineeredarts.com/robots/ameca/specs ↗
7. Wikimedia Commons file "File:Ameca Generation 1.jpg" (CC BY-SA 4.0; author: Willy Jackson). Linked from Wikidata Q114350510 (P18) for Ameca. Downloaded 2026-07-25 and re-hosted on the DEPLOY blob store; original file URL https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Ameca_Generation_1.jpg. · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ameca_Generation_1.jpg ↗ · 2026-07-25
8. Computer History Museum Unveils Chatbots Decoded: Exploring AI Exhibit · https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/computer-history-museum-unveils-chatbots-decoded-exploring-ai-exhibit/ ↗ · 2024-11-20
9. Computer History Museum Unveils Chatbots Decoded: Exploring AI Exhibit · https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/20/2984668/28639/en/Computer-History-Museum-Unveils-Chatbots-Decoded-Exploring-AI-Exhibit.html ↗ · 2024-11-20
10. The Uncanny Valley: A Visit with Ameca at the Computer History Museum · https://dianawolftorres.substack.com/p/the-uncanny-valley-a-visit-with-ameca ↗
11. AI-powered humanoid robot Ameca joins Dubai's Museum of the Future · https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/technology/ai-powered-humanoid-robot-ameca-joins-dubais-museum-of-the-future ↗ · 2022-10-10
12. Dubai's Museum of the Future hires world's most advanced humanoid robot · https://blooloop.com/museum/news/dubai-museum-of-the-future-ameca-humanoid-robot/ ↗ · 2022-10-10
13. Museum of the Future debuts enhanced Ameca humanoid robot · https://blooloop.com/museum/news/museum-of-the-future-ameca-humanoid-robot/ ↗

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