Ami Desktop Context

Market context

Ami Desktop is Engineered Arts' stationary desktop social robot for face-to-face interaction and AI-driven presentation workflows.

  • Target environment: Reception desks, exhibitions, research labs, education settings, demos and visitor-facing engagement spaces.
  • Workflow context: Conversational interaction, expressive head-and-shoulders presentation, AI demos, research studies and guided public engagement.
  • Customer context: Museums, brands, universities, labs, event operators and organizations wanting embodied interaction without a full-size robot.
  • Deployment model: Commercial desktop robot offered as part of Engineered Arts' social and humanoid robotics lineup.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product in a mature customer-facing robotics portfolio, with narrower scope than Engineered Arts' full-size humanoids.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on interaction quality, content setup, venue fit, maintenance support, privacy expectations and integration with the customer's AI stack.
  • Market position: Compact social-robot format that keeps embodied presence and conversational interaction while avoiding full mobile humanoid hardware.
  • Adjacent products: Azi Desktop, Ameca, Pepper, Reachy Mini

Specifications

  • Power Supply: 2 x 24 Vdc, 200 W
  • Release Date: 22 June 2026
  • Width Mm: 420 mm
  • Camera: 2 × eye-mounted HD cameras; 1 × chest wide-angle HD camera
  • Audio Input: Spatial audio microphone array; external USB microphone supported
  • Connectivity: RJ45 Ethernet and Wi-Fi
  • Operating Temp: 10-30 °C indoor operating temperature
  • Height: 52.5 cm
  • Power Input: 110-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, 200 W
  • Weight: 8.5 kg
  • Neck Dof: 5 DoF
  • Depth Mm: 260 mm
  • Head Dof: 27 DoF
  • Total degrees of freedom: 32 DoF

Comparable Systems

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