The first generation of Ameca was developed at Engineered Arts headquarters in
Falmouth, Cornwall UK. The project started in February 2021, with the first video revealed publicly on December 1, 2021.[1] Ameca gained widespread attention on Twitter[2] and TikTok[3] ahead of its first public demonstration at
CES 2022, where it was covered by
CNET[4] and other news outlets.[5][6][7]
Ameca is primarily designed as a platform for further developing robotics technologies involving human-robot interaction.[10] It 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
GPT-3 or human
telepresence. It 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.[11]