Engineered Arts

A British humanoid-robot company known for Ameca, prized for its lifelike facial expressions.

Engineered Arts was founded in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, in October 2004 by Will Jackson. While building exhibits for London's Science Museum in the 1990s, Jackson wanted a machine that could explain things to visitors over and over — the idea that started the company; its 2005 mechanical theater piece for the Eden Project led to its first humanoid robot, RoboThespian. Ameca, which debuted at CES in January 2022, became well known for its nuanced expressions, driven by the company's own Tritium system, and can connect to a large language model for conversation, though it cannot walk; later variants include the head-and-shoulders-only Ameca Desktop and tabletop units named Ami and Azi. In December 2024 the company reorganized under a US entity based in Redwood City, California, closing a $10 million Series A led by Helium-3 Ventures. It says it has deployed more than 250 robots, including RoboThespian and other past products, across more than 30 countries.

ExampleConnected to a large language model, Ameca can hold a conversation with a visitor while blinking, frowning, and looking surprised in response.

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Sources

Engineered Arts - Wikipedia
Engineered Arts restructures in US and secures $10M to scale up humanoid robots（SiliconANGLE）
Ameca (robot) - Wikipedia
About - Engineered Arts（官网） (Chinese)

As of

2026-09