# Ameca

Manufacturer: [Engineered Arts](/companies/engineered-arts)  
Category: humanoid

## Summary

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.

## Top line

> Ameca is shipping now at $250,000 (actual sale price), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (shipping-now): Shipping now.
- **Price honesty** (actual-sale-price): One price on file: $250,000 (actual sale price).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Ameca.
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

- $250,000, _actual-sale-price_ ([Engineered Arts (Ameca)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)) _as of 2025-05-01_

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for Ameca._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Ameca._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verified","value":"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)."},{"label":"What it is NOT","value":"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."},{"label":"Maturity = commercial (niche)","value":"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."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"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.
- **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

### Is the Ameca actually available for purchase?

Yes, shipping now.

_Source: [Ameca official product page (61 actuated movements; purchase + rental)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)._

### What does the Ameca cost?

Ameca costs $250,000 one-time (actual sale price).

_Source: [Engineered Arts (Ameca)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)._

### Where is the Ameca being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the Ameca safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the Ameca handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Ameca.

### Who makes the Ameca?

Ameca is made by Engineered Arts, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

_Source: [Ameca official product page (61 actuated movements; purchase + rental)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)._

## Manufacturer

- [Engineered Arts (https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)](https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/)

## Compared to

- [Walker S2](/consumer/models/ubtech-walker-s2)
- [PAL TALOS](/consumer/models/pal-talos)
- [AgiBot Yuanzheng A2](/consumer/models/agibot-yuanzheng-a2)

## 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)

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