Clone Robotics, a Polish company, has revealed a humanoid robot called Protoclone that moves as a human, thanks to artificial muscles beneath glass-like skin. In a video posted recently, Protoclone can be spotted hanging menacingly from the ceiling, resembling an actor from a sci-fi film. The creepy shots, combined with spine-chilling music by Ludwig Göransson, have left viewers on social media speechless and unsettled.
Details of ‘Protoclone’
Protoclone is designed to replicate human movement with impeccable accuracy. Its joints and structure are built for smooth movement, thanks to the company’s innovative artificial muscle technology, Myofiber, developed in 2021. The system is mounted musculotendon units onto anatomically correct points on the bones, producing highly natural movement.
The enhanced android has four depth cameras in the head for vision, 70 inertial sensors to monitor joint angles and velocities, and 320 pressure sensors to give force feedback at the muscle level.
Defining Protoclone as ‘the world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android’, Clone Robotics posted the video on X (formerly Twitter). The post continued to note that it is a faceless, anatomically correct synthetic human with over 200 degrees of freedom, over 1,000 Myofibers, and 500 sensors.
Protoclone, the world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. pic.twitter.com/oIV1yaMSyE
— Clone (@clonerobotics) February 19, 2025
Social Media Reactions
The reactions to the post have varied. One user commented, “You’re freaking me out,” while another joked, “Damn 5 minutes of seeing our world and it already hung itself.”
One comment read, “Hanging it was a good choice. Now put it there and never let it loose.”
Another user also joked, “Bro is going to steal 90 percent of the jobs and AI software will steal the other 9 percent.”
Others made comparisons about the unusual likeness to Bryan Johnson, who wrote, “It is more than obvious that Bryan Johnson is the model for your clone or your clone is Bryan’s model.”
The clip has been viewed over 45 million times since it became public.
