# Clone Protoclone

Manufacturer: [Clone Robotics](/companies/clone-robotics)  
Category: humanoid

## Summary

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.

## Top line

> 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.

## Readiness

- **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](https://clonerobotics.com/)._

### 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](https://clonerobotics.com/)._

## Manufacturer

- [Clone Robotics (https://clonerobotics.com/)](https://clonerobotics.com/)

## Compared to

- [Walker S2](/consumer/models/ubtech-walker-s2)
- [Fourier GR-2](/consumer/models/fourier-gr-2)
- [EngineAI SE01](/consumer/models/engineai-se01)

## Sources

1. [Clone Robotics — Protoclone](https://clonerobotics.com/) · 2026-01-01
2. [Curated humanoid list — Protoclone](https://github.com/jk4e/list-ai-humanoid-robots) · 2026-01-01
3. [Clone Robotics Android / Clone Alpha (Myofiber specs as claimed; first 279 units)](https://clonerobotics.com/android/)
4. [Clone Robotics Protoclone reveal (>1,000 Myofibers, >200 sensors, >200 DoF)](https://newatlas.com/robotics/clone-robotics-video-humanoid-robot/)
5. [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)
6. [Protoclone 'world's first bipedal musculoskeletal android' (Myofiber architecture)](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chilling-video-ghost-humanoid-robot-flex)
7. [Clone Robotics shows first full-body android](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Clone-Robotics-shows-first-full-body-android-10290742.html)
8. [Clone Alpha water-powered humanoid with synthetic organs and muscles unveiled (2025)](https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/clone-alpha-humanoid-robot-unveiled-poland)
9. [Clone demos humanoid robot hand with human-like grip strength (2025)](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/clone-demos-creepy-humanoid-hand)
10. [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)
11. [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)
12. [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)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/clone-protoclone_