Humanoids
Clone released a new video of Protoclone, its first artificial-muscle android, which it says has about 1,000 artificial muscle fibres and 500 sensors.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“The humanoid boasts over 200 degrees of freedom, 1,000 Myofibers, and 500 sensors.”
What it means
Clone Alpha, from Clone Robotics, is at stage 2 of 5 on our ladder: pre-orders. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Clone Alpha
- Clone posted a video of the hand of its Torso 3 prototype, labelled as remote-controlled by a person.
- Clone said it had raised $17 million so far, had a $50 million round under way, and had opened an office in Mountain View, California.
- At the time, Clone had not yet shown a complete Alpha robot working.
- Clone announced Clone Alpha and opened pre-orders for the first 279 units. No price or delivery date was given.
- Clone Robotics was founded in Poland in 2021.