British manufacturer whose Ameca has set the standard for robot facial expressions
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Engineered Arts is based in Falmouth in Cornwall and builds expressive humanoids and robot heads. With Ameca, the company has created the world's most-displayed robot of its kind, which has become the symbol for machines with facial expressions at trade shows and in museums.
The foundation of all models is the Mesmer platform, where silicone skin is manufactured based on 3D scans of real people and hair is hand-punched. Ameca features 61 degrees of freedom, 27 of which are in the head. The desktop variants Ameca Desktop, Ami and Azi share the same hardware with 32 degrees of freedom and 8.5 kilograms weight, but differ in facial expression. Everything is controlled via Tritium robotOS, which can be connected to common language models.
A deliberate design decision stands out: Ameca has grey skin instead of human tone and is hairless. Engineered Arts thus avoids the uncanny valley by not pretending the robot is human in the first place. It is precisely this restraint that sets the company apart from Chinese and American providers, who focus on the most perfect replication possible. Sales and rentals are conducted directly; the manufacturer does not quote list prices.
Ameca
Humanoid · 61 degrees of freedom
Ameca Desktop
Robot head · gender-neutral
Ami Desktop
Robot head · feminine features
Azi Desktop
Robot head · masculine features
Mesmer
Platform · character heads custom-made
Introduction of the Mesmer platform with skin from 3D scans of real people.
Introduction of Ameca, the most-displayed expressive humanoid.
Third generation of the desktop series in June, with Ami and Azi as distinct characters.
No known distribution partner in Switzerland. Sales and rentals are conducted directly through the manufacturer in Great Britain.