Ameca (robot)

Ameca

Ameca Generation 1
Manufacturer	Engineered Arts
Year of creation	2021; 4 years ago (2021)
Type	Humanoid
Purpose	Human interaction

Ameca is a female robotic humanoid created in 2021 by Engineered Arts.

History

The first generation of Ameca was developed at Engineered Arts headquarters in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The project started in February 2021, with the first video revealed publicly on 1 December 2021.[1] Ameca gained widespread attention on Twitter[2] and TikTok[3] ahead of her first public demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show 2022, where she was covered by CNET[4] and other news outlets.[5][6][7]

In 2022, Ameca presented an Alternative Christmas message by British TV Channel 4 for Christmas Day.[8] Ameca was associated with the Museum of the Future's robotic family, where she could interact with visitors.[9] In 2024, Ameca was moved to Edinburgh in the UK to reside at the National Robotarium.[10]

Features

It is designed as a platform for further developing robotics technologies involving human-robot interaction.[11] utilizes embedded microphones, binocular eye mounted cameras, a chest camera and facial recognition software to interact with the public. Interactions can be governed by either OpenAI's GPT-3 or human telepresence. She also features articulated motorized arms, fingers, neck and facial features.

Ameca's appearance features grey rubber skin on the face and hands, and is specifically designed to appear genderless.[12]

Public appearances

• Computer History Museum, California[13]
• Copernicus Science Center, Warsaw, Poland
• Museum of the Future, Dubai
• Consumer Electronics Show 2022[14][15]
• Deutsches Museum Nuremberg[16]
• OMR Festival 2022 Hosted by Vodafone[17]
• GITEX 2022[18]
• International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023[19]
• International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit 2023[20][21]
• Sphere

References

1. "Ameca Humanoid Robot AI Platform". YouTube.com. Engineered Arts Ltd. December 2021.
2. "Marques Brownlee". Twitter. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
3. "The robot is designed to be #gender and race-neutral and is made for #..." TikTok. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
4. Reilly, Claire. "Ameca the humanoid robot is real, and I'm not ready for the future". CNET. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
5. "Watch Robot Reject Man Hitting on Her in the Most Hilarious Way". Newsweek. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
6. "Лучшие технологические новинки на выставке CES в Лас-Вегасе" (in Russian). Retrieved January 2, 2023.
7. "Creepy meets cool in humanoid robots at CES tech show | AFP". AFP News Agency. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
8. "Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message to be generated by Artificial Intelligence". Channel 4. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
9. "AI-powered humanoid robot 'Ameca' joins Dubai's Museum of the Future". Arabian Business. October 10, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
10. "Ameca: 'World's most advanced' humanoid robot ready to meet humans". BBC Newsround. April 17, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
11. "Ameca: The Future Face Of Robots". Engineered Arts Limited. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
12. "Ameca Humanoid Robot Puts AI In A Gender-Neutral, 'Non-Threatening' Body". Slash Gear. December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
13. Voice, Emily Margaretten, Mountain View (December 3, 2024). "Computer History Museum unveils new AI exhibit featuring chatbots". San José Spotlight. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
14. "Watch Ameca the humanoid robot in its FIRST public demo". YouTube. CNET. January 5, 2022.
15. "A conversation with Ameca". YouTube. Interesting Engineering. January 19, 2022.
16. "Deutschland premiere in Nürnberg: Zukunftsmuseum zeigt humanoiden Roboter Ameca". www.nordbayern.de. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
17. "OMR Festival: A superlative event". Business Cases. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
18. Webster, Nick (October 11, 2022). "Top five robots on display at Gitex 2022". The National. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
19. Chan, Kelvin (May 30, 2023). "What's new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems". Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
20. "Meet the robots who are making the world a better place". United Nations. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
21. "UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference". Associated Press. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.