Engineered Arts Ltd · entertainment humanoid
Mesmer
A system for building realistic humanoid robots from 3D scans of real people, with silicone skin, an anatomically modelled neck and animation software; adapted from Engineered Arts' film work.
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Why it matters
Mesmer is on the market today.
Real-world use
Built to order for museums and attractions; its technology became the base for Ameca.
Maker
Engineered Arts LtdCompany · founded 2004 · Falmouth, United KingdomWhat it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Mesmer and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Mesmer gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Stationary
- Actuators & motors
- 2018 version: quiet motors with individually controlled acceleration and torque, and a neck of separate bending and twisting parts modelled on vertebrae (New Atlas). Engineered Arts' current Mesmer page lists 61 actuated degrees of freedom (27 head and face, 34 upper body).
- Sensors & vision
- 2018: cameras, depth sensors, LiDAR and microphones (Engineering.com); sensors could detect people and reportedly estimate age and gender. Current page: two 8 MP eye cameras, spatial microphones, LiDAR safety sensors, proximity sensors and position encoders.
- Compute
- Embedded robot PC plus a cloud-based robot OS (current Engineered Arts page).
- Materials & build
- Lifelike artificial skin (silicone on the current version) over hardware designed to be serviced without damaging the skin; faces built from a custom 3D photogrammetry rig that scans real people.
- AI & software
- Built on Engineered Arts' TinMan telepresence software with drag-and-drop animation onto a 3D model, remote control over the internet and Python for custom functions; now the Tritium suite (Yocto-based Linux, C++, Rust and Python).
Lineage
Every Engineered Arts humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Sold or delivered
- Custom builds sold or rented; no unit count published.
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Engineered Arts shows Mesmer
A demo video introduced Mesmer, lifelike humanoids built from scans of real people.
New Atlas
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure |  MesmerEngineered Arts | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useStuntronicsWalt Disney Imagineering R&D / Disney ResearchSame job: entertainment · Both fixed in place · Both on sale or in pilots |  Robo-CPromobotSame job: social · Both fixed in place · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2018-09-11 | 2018-06 | 2019-04 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
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| Price | — | — | $50,000 |
Sources
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