Booster K1 vs Engineered Ameca
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Booster K1 is 92 cm shorter (95 vs 187 cm) and 42.5 kg lighter (19.5 vs 62 kg) than Ameca. Booster K1 has 39 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 61) than Ameca. Openness score: Booster K1 30, Ameca 0 (of 100); only Booster K1 publishes SIM and SW. Availability for both: buy.
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Side by side
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|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Booster Robotics | Engineered Arts | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | China | United Kingdom | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2021 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 95cm | 187cm | −92 cm (-49%) |
| Mass (differs) | 19.5kg | 62kg | −42.5 kg (-69%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 61 | −39 (-64%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | 40min | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | 4,999USD | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | Dual-encoder actuators | Electric; 27 DOF head/face, 34 DOF upper body | |
| Compute (differs) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) base; up to 200 TOPS tier | Embedded robot PC; Tritium robotOS (Linux/Yocto) | |
| Sensors (differs) | RGB-D camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone array | 2x 8MP eye cameras, binaural mics, 4-ch chest mic, LiDAR safety sensors | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 30/ 100 | 0/ 100 | +30 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Firmware (15) | not public | not public | |
| Software (10) (differs) | public | not public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L1 | L0 | |
| 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: Booster K1, Ameca.
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