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Chilling new vid shows world-first ‘synthetic human’ dubbed Protoclone twitch into life as it flexes its spindly fingers
You can already pre-order your very own Protoclone online
A CREEPY new video reveals the full horror of the world's first "synthetic human" twitching into life.
The bot - dubbed Protoclone - is built with artificial muscle, bone and sinew to recreate the structure of the human body.
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A new promo vid from its creators, Clone Robotics, show the unnerving thing jerking around.
Hanging from a series of ropes, the hyper-realistic machine lurches its limbs in the air.
It then flexes its spindly fingers and seems to stare down at them in concentration.
The bots tests out a range of different movements, tweaking around its neck, chest and legs.
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The tech start-up behind the creation has hailed it as the world's first "musculoskeletal android".
The firm previously released another package of disturbing footage to unveil their machine to the world for the first time.
Clone Robotics hopes that Protoclone will soon be lurking around our homes, completing daily chores.
The company, operating out of Poland and the US, describes Protoclone V1 as "faceless" but otherwise "anatomically correct".
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The body is a mesh of over 1,000 synthetics muscles and 500 sensors.
It boasts a staggering 200 degrees of freedom, meaning it can make 200 independent movements.
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Clone is going a step further than most robot manufacturers by aiming for "synthetic humans" which, if they pull it off, will be almost indistinguishable from real people.
Dhanush Radhakrishna, Clone co-founder, said on X that the launch of Protoclone is "ground zero for the age of androids".
Their claim to have created the "world's first" musculoskeletal robot is debatable, with other models - such as Tokyo JSK Lab's 2017 Kengoro - recognised under that label.
However, Kengoro was intended as a research project, whereas Clone has its sights set on commercial, domestic androids placed in homes around the world.
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Clone previously threw down a challenge to Elon Musk by suggesting their own robo-tech is superior to Tesla's.
Earlier this month, Musk said: "The Tesla Optimus [Tesla's robot model] hand is so sophisticated that it makes a Fabergé seem simple."
Clone hit back with: "The Hand of Clone has the same number of degrees of freedom and is just as fast or fast, but is:
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"Light (no meta); stronger (muscles > motors); cheaper (by a lot); soft/plush (comfy massages and hugs/you can squeeze the forearm like a doll)."
The company also promised: "We will reveal a lot in 2025".
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