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Ameca

humanoidcommercialby Engineered Arts
$250,000verifiedas of May 2025

Engineered Arts (founded October 2004 in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK by Will Jackson) makes Ameca, an expressive stationary upper-body and face social humanoid…

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Manufacturer
Engineered Arts
Form factor
humanoid
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
2
Website
engineeredarts.com ↗

The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ameca, a humanoid by Engineered Arts (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 6 sources back the record.

Overview

Engineered Arts (founded October 2004 in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK by Will Jackson) makes Ameca, an expressive stationary upper-body and face social humanoid built for human-robot interaction, research, exhibition, education, and hospitality. Ameca has 61 actuated movements, 27 degrees of freedom in the head and face plus 34 in the upper body, more than 50 facial expressions, and runs the company's Tritium software with large-language-model and speech integration; it was first revealed in December 2021, made its public debut at CES in January 2022, and a third generation was shown at ICRA 2025.

Critically, Ameca is not a bipedal or labor humanoid: it does not walk and is explicitly outside the warehouse and factory labor-humanoid race, with Will Jackson framing it around face-to-face interaction rather than locomotion or payload. The registry records it as commercial within its niche, the one Wave-5 entity that clearly clears that bar, on the strength of named and independently verifiable installations at institutions across multiple countries including the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, the Museum of the Future in Dubai, the Computer History Museum, the Deutsches Museum, and the Copernicus Science Center, a published price around $250,000, an active purchase-and-rental sales motion, and a multi-generation product backed by the decade-plus track record of its RoboThespian predecessor.

The commercial label applies to the expressive human-robot-interaction and exhibition category, not to general-purpose labor, and the exact Ameca install count, precise per-configuration pricing, and future walking capability remain claimed-but-not-verified.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts

Height

~187 cm

DOF

61 actuated movements (27 DoF head/face + 34 DoF upper body)

Form factor

Stationary humanoid upper-body and face; does not walk

Facial expressions

50+ facial expressions

Price

~$250,000 (full-size), $25,000 (head-only)

Availability

Quote-only from Engineered Arts

Pricing model

Quote-based enterprise sale

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

Form Factor

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

Data & sources

Press releases

2

News coverage

1

Web sources

3

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Shipping now
Price
$250K (actual sale price)as of 2025-05-01
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Pricing

One-time purchase

$250,000 USDactual sale priceas of 2025-05-01

Source: Engineered Arts (Ameca)

Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.

Prices verified as of May 1, 2025

Deployments (2)

  • Ameca at Mountain Viewoperational

    Engineered Arts Ameca humanoid robot is the centerpiece interactive element of the Computer History Museum's 'Chatbots Decoded: Exploring AI' exhibit, which opened November 20, 2024 in Mountain View, California. The…

  • Ameca at Dubaioperational

    Engineered Arts Ameca humanoid robot deployed at the Museum of the Future in Dubai as an interactive visitor attraction, joining the museum's Tomorrow Today exhibition in October 2022. Ameca greets visitors, answers…

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Recent activity

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Manufacturer-attributed media (2)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Engineered Arts

Engineered Arts footage of its Ameca expressive android. Ameca's conversation is scripted or LLM-driven and its expressions pre-programmed (sometimes teleoperated), not sentient or self-aware.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Ameca.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://engineeredarts.com/robot/ameca/
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameca_(robot)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_Arts
  4. https://www.uniladtech.com/news/worlds-most-advanced-humanoid-robot-368624-20241210
  5. https://www.axios.com/2022/05/24/humanoid-robots-rent-ameca-android
  6. https://engineeredarts.com/robots/ameca/specs

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Common questions

What is Ameca?
Engineered Arts (founded October 2004 in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK by Will Jackson) makes Ameca, an expressive stationary upper-body and face social humanoid built for human-robot interaction, research, exhibition, education, and hospitality. Ameca has 61 actuated movements, 27 degrees of freedom in the head and face plus 34 in the upper body, more than 50 facial expressions, and runs the company's Tritium software with large-language-model and speech integration; it was first revealed in December 2021, made its public debut at CES in January 2022, and a third generation was shown at ICRA 2025. Critically, Ameca is not a bipedal or labor humanoid: it does not walk and is explicitly outside the warehouse and factory labor-humanoid race, with Will Jackson framing it around face-to-face interaction rather than locomotion or payload. The registry records it as commercial within its niche, the one Wave-5 entity that clearly clears that bar, on the strength of named and independently verifiable installations at institutions across multiple countries including the National Robotarium in Edinburgh, the Museum of the Future in Dubai, the Computer History Museum, the Deutsches Museum, and the Copernicus Science Center, a published price around $250,000, an active purchase-and-rental sales motion, and a multi-generation product backed by the decade-plus track record of its RoboThespian predecessor. The commercial label applies to the expressive human-robot-interaction and exhibition category, not to general-purpose labor, and the exact Ameca install count, precise per-configuration pricing, and future walking capability remain claimed-but-not-verified.
How much does Ameca cost?
Ameca is listed at $250,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
Engineered Arts (Ameca)
Is Ameca actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Ameca is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
What are the specs of Ameca?
Ameca's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Degrees of freedom: 61; Height: ~187 cm; Weight: 62 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes Ameca?
Ameca is made by Engineered Arts, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, founded in 2004.
Where is Ameca deployed?
2 verified deployments of Ameca are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mountain View, Dubai.
Can you buy Ameca?
Ameca is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
What are alternatives to Ameca?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Ameca include Walker S2, Digit, Unitree G1, Atlas.
How does Ameca compare to Walker S2?
Ameca and Walker S2 (UBTech Robotics · 18 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Ameca has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Ameca a top humanoid?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Ameca ranks in roughly the top 15% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
What is Ameca's maturity stage?
Ameca is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Is Ameca safe?
Ameca has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
How much does the Ameca humanoid robot cost?
The Engineered Arts Ameca costs $100,000 to $500,000 depending on configuration (head-only, half-body, or full unit). Most full installations run approximately $250,000. Ameca is a social humanoid robot designed for human-robot interaction, AI demonstration, and research, not for industrial labor.
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-15

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

2
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
2
knowledge-base
Knowledge base
1
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Ameca.

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