Engineered Ameca vs Poppy Humanoid
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Ameca is 103 cm taller (187 vs 84 cm) and 58.5 kg heavier (62 vs 3.5 kg) than Poppy Humanoid. Ameca has 36 more degrees of freedom (61 vs 25) than Poppy Humanoid. Openness score: Ameca 0, Poppy Humanoid 90 (of 100); only Poppy Humanoid publishes CAD, BOM, SIM, FW and SW. Availability: Ameca buy, Poppy Humanoid kit.
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Side by side
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| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Engineered Arts | Poppy Project (Inria Flowers) | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status (differs) | Active | Orphaned | |
| Availability (differs) | Buy | Kit | |
| Country (differs) | United Kingdom | France | |
| Year | 2021 | —unsourced | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 187cm | 84cm | +103 cm (+123%) |
| Mass (differs) | 62kg | 3.5kg | +58.5 kg (+1671%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 61 | 25 | +36 (+144%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | Electric; 27 DOF head/face, 34 DOF upper body | Dynamixel: 19 MX-28AT, 4 MX-64AT, 2 AX-12A | |
| Compute (differs) | Embedded robot PC; Tritium robotOS (Linux/Yocto) | Raspberry Pi (current kit version) | |
| Sensors | 2x 8MP eye cameras, binaural mics, 4-ch chest mic, LiDAR safety sensors | —unsourced | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 0/ 100 | 90/ 100 | −90 |
| CAD (25) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Bill of materials (20) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Firmware (15) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Software (10) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L0 | L1 | |
| Sources (differs) | 2 | 6 | |
| Last checked (differs) | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-25 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Ameca, Poppy Humanoid.
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