Unlike other people -shaped robots, protoclone imitates the skeleton, muscles, blood vessels and nervous systems of humans with artificial parts.
Robot Protoclone moves muscles based on the exclusive Myofiber fiber technology of Clone Robotics. Video: Clone Robotics
Clone Robotics Company shares a new video introducing a human -shaped robot robot with their first skeletal system, protoclone, Interesting Engineering On April 14 reported. This is a robot described as a bone structure like a human frame, which can be moved naturally using Clone Robotics’s Myofiber artificial muscles.
Protoclone has more than 200 steps of freedom (the number of moving joints), 1,000 Myofiber strands (tendons, muscles) and 500 sensors to simulate muscles and functions like real.
Instead of the rigid design around the structure, Clone Robotics simulates human surgery by using soft muscles operating with water, allowing movement and travel in a more honest way.
In December 2024, the company introduced the first human -shaped robot to travel naturally. In the name of Alpha, this breakthrough robot through the transformation of Clone Robotics from the rough raw transmitter to artificial muscles operating with soft water.
Protoclone’s myofiber fibers are adjusted to simulate mammal muscles, the reaction in less than 50 milliseconds, shrinking more than 30% when not loaded and producing more than one kilogram of force on each weighing fibers of 3 g. According to the company, with more than 1,000 Myofiber fibers, the human -shaped robot shows the density of energy, speed and high performance. Its upper body alone has 164 freelance steps, including 26 steps in the hands, wrists and elbows, 20 places in the shoulder joint and 6 steps at each spine.
Protoclone is equipped with a sophisticated sensor and control system including 4 deep -sighted cameras, 70 inertial sensors to feel joint movement and 320 pressure sensors for muscle force feedback. The control mechanism of Clone Robotics uses a built -in microcontroller along the spine and NVIDIA JETSON THOR GPU in the skull. The blood vessel system operates with a compact electric pump with a capacity of 500 watts and valve Aquajet provides high -pressure hydraulic liquid for the muscle system, leading to vivid motion.
Clone Robotics, founded in 2021, focused on biological simulation robots to regenerate the strength and flexibility of the living organization. Unlike companies like Tesla developing robots for domestic work, Clone Robotics targets more complex functions like humans by resolving challenges of anatomical accuracy and movement through advanced artificial muscle and bone systems.