Humanoid robot springs to life in ‘dystopian’ viral video

Humanoid 'Protoclone' robot twitches into action while hanging from ceiling in viral video
Protoclone, an eerily lifelike humanoid robot built for home use, has left social media users aghast. And it's likely to be the first of many.
Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling
Atherton, California-based Clone Robotics designed the Protoclone with a polymer skeleton that replicates 206 human bones. The company built the robot with the hopes that it will one day be able to operate human tools and perform tasks like doing laundry, washing dishes, and preparing basic meals.
Humanoid robot springs to life in ‘dystopian’ viral video: ‘Straight out of science fiction’
The bot, which will be available for preorder this year, walks, talks, washes dishes and clothes, makes sandwiches and pours drinks.
‘You’re freaking me out’: Viral video of humanoid robot sparks fear, critics call it ‘dystopian’
A humanoid robot with lifelike muscles and movements has gone viral, with many online users calling it terrifying and dystopian.
World's first 'synthetic human robot with muscles' twitches, moves into LIFE in terrifying video (WATCH)
In a groundbreaking move, experts have developed a robot with astonishingly lifelike movements – thanks to synthetic muscles beneath translucent skin. Polish startup Clone Robotics has shared a terrifying new clip of Protoclone,
Clone Robotics releases eerie video of twitching, kicking humanoid robot
California's Clone Robotics has just posted a video of its full-body Protoclone humanoid robot, and well … it's a wee bit creepy. The prototype's less disturbing Clone descendants, however, could one day be vacuuming our carpets.
Video: World’s first humanoid robot with lifelike muscles and bones twitches to life
The firm claims its Protclone V1 is the world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. Clone’s Myofiber technology uses artificial muscles to move the skeleton by attaching t
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Why would anyone want a humanoid robot?
Yet in the tech sector the humanoid robot is the cultural handmaiden to another holy grail: artificial general intelligence.
Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
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This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We've Ever Seen
Protoclone is supposedly the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. But it's mostly just got people creeped out.
Humanoid Robot Goes Full ‘Come At Me, Bro’ On A Festival Attendee In China
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