Buying guide
Clone Protoclone
By Clone Robotics · humanoid
- Price
- —
- Availability
- Preorder open. Reservation, limited to 279 units.
- Maturity
- research
- Real-world use
- No verified deployments
Clone Robotics is accepting reservations for the Clone Alpha, a limited first edition of 279 units, through its own website. No purchase price has been published. The reservation availability is verified from the maker's page; the price is not disclosed.
Readiness
Clone Protoclone is preorder open, no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.
- Availability
- preorder-open
Preorder open. Reservation, limited to 279 units.
- Price honesty
- no-price
No price points on file for Clone Protoclone.
- Capability honesty
- no-claims
No reviewed capability claims on file for Clone Protoclone.
- Real-world use
- research
Maturity: research. No verified deployments in the registry.
- Safety record
- no-incidents
No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.
What it claims to do
No reviewed capability claims on file.
Price
No reviewed price points on file.
Real-world use
No verified deployments on file for Clone Protoclone.
Safety record
No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative.
Privacy
No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Clone Protoclone.
Specs
- focus
- biomimetic_musculoskeletal
- drive_mode
- artificial_muscle_hydraulic
What's under the hood
No brain on file for Clone Protoclone.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Clone Protoclone actually available for purchase?
- Preorder open for Clone Protoclone. Reservation, limited to 279 units.Source: Clone Robotics — company website
- What does the Clone Protoclone cost?
- Not announced.
- Where is the Clone Protoclone being used?
- No verified field deployments on record.
- Is the Clone Protoclone safe?
- No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.
- How does the Clone Protoclone handle privacy?
- No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Clone Protoclone.
- Who makes the Clone Protoclone?
- Clone Protoclone is made by Clone Robotics, based in San Francisco, CA.Source: Clone Robotics — company website
Video
Clone Robotics footage of its Protoclone musculoskeletal android, suspended from a frame for actuation testing. The water- and myofiber-actuated limb motion is a tethered rig demonstration, not free-standing locomotion.
Manufacturer
Clone Robotics (registry record: /companies/clone-robotics)
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Sources
- Clone Robotics — Protoclone · https://clonerobotics.com/
- Curated humanoid list — Protoclone · https://github.com/jk4e/list-ai-humanoid-robots
- Clone Robotics Android / Clone Alpha (Myofiber specs as claimed; first 279 units) · https://clonerobotics.com/android/
- Clone Robotics Protoclone reveal (>1,000 Myofibers, >200 sensors, >200 DoF) · https://newatlas.com/robotics/clone-robotics-video-humanoid-robot/
- Protoclone bionic-muscle android (April 2025 video; Polish startup) · https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/watch-human-like-robot-with-bionic-muscles-dangle-as-it-twitches-shrugs-and-clenches-its-fists-in-creepy-video
- Protoclone 'world's first bipedal musculoskeletal android' (Myofiber architecture) · https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chilling-video-ghost-humanoid-robot-flex
- Clone Robotics shows first full-body android · https://www.heise.de/en/news/Clone-Robotics-shows-first-full-body-android-10290742.html
- Clone Alpha water-powered humanoid with synthetic organs and muscles unveiled (2025) · https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/clone-alpha-humanoid-robot-unveiled-poland
- Clone demos humanoid robot hand with human-like grip strength (2025) · https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/clone-demos-creepy-humanoid-hand
- Protoclone robot with bionic muscles twitches, shrugs, clenches fists (2025) · https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/watch-human-like-robot-with-bionic-muscles-dangle-from-a-stand-twitch-shrug-and-clench-its-fists
- AI takes its next step: Westworld-style robots (Clone) (2025) · https://www.inc.com/sarah-sicard/ai-takes-its-next-big-step-westworld-style-robots/91153562
- Clone Robotics synthetic-human roadmap: Silicon Valley and $20,000 price points (2026) · https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/the-synthetic-human-roadmap-clone-robotics-eyes-silicon-valley-and-20-000-price-points
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