Engineered Ameca vs Hyperspawn Dropbear
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Ameca is 7 cm taller (187 vs 180 cm) and 17 kg heavier (62 vs 45 kg) than Dropbear. Ameca has 29 more degrees of freedom (61 vs 32) than Dropbear. Openness score: Ameca 0, Dropbear 100 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, SIM, FW, SW and POL. Availability: Ameca buy, Dropbear preorder.
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Side by side
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|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Engineered Arts | Hyperspawn Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability (differs) | Buy | Preorder | |
| Country (differs) | United Kingdom | India | |
| Year (differs) | 2021 | 2023 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 187cm | 180cm | +7 cm (+4%) |
| Mass (differs) | 62kg | 45kg | +17 kg (+38%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 61 | 32 | +29 (+91%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 5kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | 120min | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 960Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | 9,999USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | Electric; 27 DOF head/face, 34 DOF upper body | MyActuator RMD-X10, RMD-X8, RMD-X6 and CEM-60 over 1 Mbit/s CAN (18 per the 2026 BOM; myactuator-can lists 12 RMD-X8 Pro, 4 RMD-X10 V3, 6 CEM-60); 6 NEMA 17 lead-screw steppers in the Stewart-platform neck. hyperspawn.ai: servo + QDD. | |
| Compute (differs) | Embedded robot PC; Tritium robotOS (Linux/Yocto) | NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB (BOM; Orin NX 16GB alternative) plus one ESP32-DevKitC-V4 CAN node per limb. Kit: Raspberry Pi 5 base, Jetson Orin advanced. | |
| Sensors (differs) | 2x 8MP eye cameras, binaural mics, 4-ch chest mic, LiDAR safety sensors | Intel RealSense D455f depth camera, IMU (center-IMU controller role), foot load cells (4x HX711 per foot, dropbear-feet), actuator encoders; five AS5600 magnetic angle sensors per leg controller (observation-safe firmware) | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 0/ 100 | 100/ 100 | −100 |
| 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) (differs) | not public | public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L0 | L2 | |
| Sources (differs) | 2 | 16 | |
| 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, Dropbear.
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