Engineered Ameca vs PAL Kangaroo
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Ameca is 27 cm taller (187 vs 160 cm) than Kangaroo. Openness score: Ameca 0, Kangaroo 30 (of 100); only Kangaroo publishes SIM and SW. Availability for both: buy.
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Side by side
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|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Engineered Arts | PAL Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United Kingdom | Spain | |
| Year | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 187cm | 160cm | +27 cm (+17%) |
| Mass | 62kg | —unsourced | |
| Degrees of freedom | 61 | —unsourced | |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 976Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | Electric; 27 DOF head/face, 34 DOF upper body | custom linear actuators with integrated force sensors | |
| Compute (differs) | Embedded robot PC; Tritium robotOS (Linux/Yocto) | 2x Intel i7 PCs, optional NVIDIA Jetson | |
| Sensors (differs) | 2x 8MP eye cameras, binaural mics, 4-ch chest mic, LiDAR safety sensors | 4x RGB-D, 1 kHz IMU, optional F/T sensors | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 0/ 100 | 30/ 100 | −30 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | not public | not public | |
| Software (10) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L0 | L1 | |
| Sources | 2 | 2 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Ameca, Kangaroo.
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