museums and science centers
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇬🇧 Engineered Arts Ameca
Engineered Arts · United Kingdom · unveiled 2022
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: high
Watch changes · Evidence history and cited research export (API access) · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%14.3
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%85.6
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%1.6
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Ameca is an expressive upper-body social humanoid with 61 electric actuators (27 in the head for micro-expressions) mounted on a fixed base; it does not have legs and cannot walk. Reported pricing is from secondary sources only and not officially published.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
exhibitions and trade shows
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
AI/HRI research labs
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
events and corporate reception demos
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
187.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
62.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
61 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
4 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
other
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Onboard Linux system running Engineered Arts' Tritium software suite; cloud-connected
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Tritium platform with integrated LLM/GPT-based conversation; can also run via human telepresence
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
supervised-autonomy
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
16.2 USD million
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Engineered Arts Ameca in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with UBTech Walker S →Ameca is a humanoid robot from Engineered Arts in United Kingdom, and it is commercially available. It scores 48.4 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 81st of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between UBTech Walker S (HMX 48.5) and AeiROBOT ALICE 4 (HMX 47.8).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (100.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is mobility & locomotion (0.0 against 30.0).
By the published specifications, it is taller than 96% of the 138 other humanoid robots publishing a height (187 cm) and has more degrees of freedom than 92% of the 132 other humanoid robots publishing a degree-of-freedom count (61).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. 4 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-06.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-06
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/engineered-arts-ameca/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Engineered Arts Ameca
How much does the Engineered Arts Ameca cost?
Engineered Arts has not published a price for the Engineered Arts Ameca, and none is estimated here.
What are the Engineered Arts Ameca's specs?
Published specifications: degrees of freedom 61, degrees of freedom per hand 4, height 187 cm, weight 62 kg. Not published: payload, speed and runtime.
Is the Engineered Arts Ameca autonomous?
The Engineered Arts Ameca has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Engineered Arts Ameca compare to the UBTech Walker S?
On the HMX, the Engineered Arts Ameca scores 48.4 and the UBTech Walker S 48.5. The Engineered Arts Ameca leads on hardware & engineering, commercial readiness & deployment and ecosystem & viability; the UBTech Walker S leads on manipulation & dexterity.
Who makes the Engineered Arts Ameca?
The Engineered Arts Ameca is made by Engineered Arts, in United Kingdom.
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Version history · 2 versions
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Version 207 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 48.4No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal.
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 48.4The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.