Engineered Ameca vs Pollen Reachy 2
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Ameca is 21 cm taller (187 vs 166 cm) and 12 kg heavier (62 vs 50 kg) than Reachy 2. Ameca has 43 more degrees of freedom (61 vs 18) than Reachy 2. Openness score: Ameca 0, Reachy 2 45 (of 100); only Reachy 2 publishes SIM, FW and SW. Availability for both: buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | Engineered ArtsEngineered Ameca | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face)Pollen Reachy 2 | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Engineered Arts | Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) | |
| Class (differs) | Humanoid | Wheeled humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | United Kingdom | France | |
| Year (differs) | 2021 | 2024 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 187cm | 166cm | +21 cm (+13%) |
| Mass (differs) | 62kg | 50kg | +12 kg (+24%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 61 | 18 | +43 (+239%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 3kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | 0.83m/s | |
| Runtime | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | 840Wh | |
| Price | —unsourced | 70,000USD | |
| Actuators (differs) | Electric; 27 DOF head/face, 34 DOF upper body | Orbita parallel joints (neck, wrists) | |
| Compute (differs) | Embedded robot PC; Tritium robotOS (Linux/Yocto) | SolidRun BedRock V3000 industrial PC | |
| Sensors (differs) | 2x 8MP eye cameras, binaural mics, 4-ch chest mic, LiDAR safety sensors | 2x IMX296 RGB, Orbbec Gemini 336 RGB-D, ToF, RPLIDAR S2, IMU, microphones | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score (differs) | 0/ 100 | 45/ 100 | −45 |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not 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 | 3 | |
| 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: Ameca, Reachy 2.
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