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Ameca vs Sophia
Ameca, from Engineered Arts, lists at Quote only — roughly $100k–$500k by configuration; Sophia, from Hanson Robotics, at Not sold to consumers — a research and exhibition platform. The desktop Little Sophia retails around $149.. Here's how the two compare across price, realism, specifications and availability.
| Status | Shipping | Shipping |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Research | Humanoid |
| Form | Torso | Torso |
| Presents as | Androgynous | Female-presenting |
| Price | Quote only — roughly $100k–$500k by configuration | Not sold to consumers — a research and exhibition platform. The desktop Little Sophia retails around $149. |
| Subscription | — | — |
| Availability | Order or hire | Operational since 2016 |
| Origin | UK | Hong Kong |
| Realism index | 55/100 | 40/100 |
| Height | 187 cm · 6 ft 2 in | ~167 cm · 5 ft 6 in (with legs; usually shown as a torso on a base) |
| Weight | 62 kg | — |
| Skin & materials | Grey silicone over Mesmer animatronics | Frubber face and neck; transparent rear skull; decorative body |
| Actuation | Electric servos — 61 DOF (27 in the face) | 30+ motors in the head and face |
| Power | Mains powered | — |
| Runtime | Continuous (powered) | — |
| AI & conversation | Tritium OS with integrated LLMs (e.g. GPT) | Hybrid — scripted dialogue, a chatbot, OpenCog reasoning and LLMs; neural-net face and emotion recognition |
| Voice | Speech synthesis; 70+ languages | Synthesised speech; primarily English |
| Mobility | Fixed base — does not walk | Very limited — static or wheeled; a legged variant has been demoed but barely walks |
| Expressions | 50+ realistic expressions; gaze tracking | 60+ facial expressions; gaze tracking |
| Languages | — | Primarily English; multilingual demos |
| Connectivity | Cloud-connected; eye & chest cameras, LiDAR | Wi-Fi; cameras in the eyes and chest |