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.
Dangling, twitching human robot with synthetic muscles makes its debut
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’
It’s alive! An eerily realistic humanoid robot — purported to be the “world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android” — twitched to life in a viral clip, which viewers have slammed as “dystopian” and “terrifying.
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
Robot Startup Figure Reveals an AI Breakthrough Called Helix
Figure, a Silicon Valley-based startup that builds humanoid robots, has announced Helix, a proprietary AI model that the ...
Norway’s 1X is building a humanoid robot for the home
Norwegian robotics firm 1X unveiled its latest home robot, Neo Gamma, on Friday. The humanoid system will succeed Neo Beta, ...
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.
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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.
Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which ...
I am begging you not to watch this ghostly white 'faceless, anatomically accurate' robot dangling from wires and silently thrashing its sinewy limbs
Why did you open this article? I told you not to. I begged you not to. Close it now. Go away. Forget you ever saw it. Trust ...
‘The Wild Robot’ earned a surprising and important honor this award season
In “The Wild Robot,” Lupita Nyong’o voices Roz, an intelligent droid who must navigate the challenging natural world of the ...
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People seriously freaked out over 'human-robot' after learning about what it's capable of
A freakishly 'human-robot' has been unveiled as a first of its kind, leaving people 'terrified'. While many believe that we ...
This could be baseball’s last season without ‘robot umpires’
Though this hybrid umpire system won’t make its way to regular season major league games in 2025, player and fan reactions ...
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A miniature swimming robot inspired by marine flatworms
Engineers have developed a versatile swimming robot that nimbly navigates cluttered water surfaces. Inspired by marine flatworms, the innovative device offers new possibilities for environmental ...
'I want to celebrate, I'm not a robot' - Farke
Leeds boss Daniel Farke has questioned the sense of his ban for being cautioned in the dramatic win over Sunderland.