Clone Robotics Clone Alpha

2024-12-05 · Publisher : Clone Robotics · Domain : Robotics

Clone Robotics opens pre-orders for the first 279 units of Clone Alpha, an android with water-powered artificial muscles and a 206-bone polymer skeleton.

What changes

  • Pre-orders open for a first batch of 279 units.
  • Water-pressure "Myofiber" artificial muscles driven by a 500 W pump.
  • Polymer skeleton replicating 206 bones, with artificial joints and ligaments.
  • Controlled by Cybernet, the company's visuomotor model, and four depth cameras.

### What changes On 5 December 2024, Clone Robotics, a start-up of Polish origin, opened pre-orders for Clone Alpha, an android whose approach contrasts with electric-motor humanoids. Instead of rotary actuators, the robot uses artificial muscles called Myofibers, driven by water pressure. According to the company, these muscles can contract by 30% in under 50 milliseconds and generate a kilogram of force from just three grams of material. A 500 W pump powers this hydraulic "vascular system". ### Specifications | Item | Detail | |---|---| | First batch | 279 units on pre-order | | Muscles | Water-driven Myofibers | | Skeleton | Polymer, 206 bones, artificial joints and ligaments | | Upper body | 164 articulation points | | Hand, wrist and elbow | 26 degrees of freedom | | AI and vision | Cybernet visuomotor model, 4 depth cameras | Price and delivery timing were not disclosed. ### Why it matters Clone Robotics pursues a radically biomimetic path, close to human anatomy. No complete household task demonstration had been shown when pre-orders opened. ### Key takeaway An announcement to watch: no Clone Alpha delivery had been publicly confirmed by late September 2026.

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Tags : Humanoïde, Pologne, États-Unis, Muscles artificiels, Domestique