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Robot handsprototype
Clone Hand
The Clone Hand from Clone Robotics in Poland is a musculoskeletal hand: instead of motors it uses water-driven Myofiber artificial muscles arranged antagonistically and attached to a skeleton through tendons, so the joints are backdrivable like a human hand.
- 1kgWeight
- 27DOFDegrees of freedom
- 7kgPayload
Key facts
- Specificationsweight 1 kg · degrees of freedom 27 DOF · payload 7 kg
- Statusprototype
- Availability in Polandnot confirmed
Summary
- ManufacturerClone Robotics
- CategoryRobot hands
- Statusprototype
- Availability in PolandNo confirmed distributor in Poland
The Clone Hand from Clone Robotics in Poland is a musculoskeletal hand: instead of motors it uses water-driven Myofiber artificial muscles arranged antagonistically and attached to a skeleton through tendons, so the joints are backdrivable like a human hand. The design was first shown in September 2022.
Press coverage from 2022 and 2023 of the V15 and Beta versions describes 27 degrees of freedom, 36 hydraulic muscles and 36 electrohydraulic valves of 24 g each, fed by a 500 W brushless pump that delivers 400 litres per hour at 10 bar from half a litre of water. A muscle contracts fully in 0.3 s under a 1 kg load.
Sensing consists of a pressure sensor per muscle and 16 magnetic encoders for joint angles, read as proprioception; there are no tactile sensors. The quoted 1 kg weight refers to forearm plus hand of the 2022 Beta, and 7 kg is the dumbbell lifted in a demonstration rather than a rated payload.
The current manufacturer page gives no figures and no price, so it is on request; its reserve link leads to orders for the Clone Alpha android, limited to 279 units. In principle it is closest to the hydraulic Sanctuary AI Hydraulic Hand, and among artificial-muscle hands to the Y-Hand M2.
Specs
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Weight1 kg+43% vs. the category median (0.7 kg, n=98)
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Degrees of freedom27+69% vs. the category median (16, n=125)
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Payload7 kg−53% vs. the category median (15 kg, n=83)
- category medianA higher value doesn't always mean a better robot; it depends on the application.
Dimensions and weight
- Weight
- 1 kg
Motion and manipulation
- Degrees of freedom
- 27
- Payload
- 7 kg
Electronics and AI
- Drive
- 36 water-driven Myofiber artificial muscles with valves and a 500 W pump
- Sensors
- pressure sensor per muscle, 16 magnetic encoders; no tactile sensors
Additional specs
- Design type
- musculoskeletal five-finger hand
- Fingers
- 5
- Opposable thumb
- yes
- Actuators
- 36
- Tactile sensing
- no
- Open source
- no
- Country of origin
- PL
- Compatible robots
- Clone Alpha
Price and availability in Poland
no data
Dealers in Poland
No confirmed distributor in Poland
Applications
Typical applications
Target group
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History
Model unveiled
Polish startup Clone Robotics unveils Protoclone/Clone Alpha, a musculoskeletal humanoid Clone Robotics
Clone Robotics unveils Clone Alpha, the first full-size humanoid with synthetic muscles, and opens pre-orders for 279 units Clone Robotics
Clone Robotics plans to expand into Silicon Valley and a consumer price of about $20,000 as part of its 'synthetic human' roadmap; a new $50 million funding round is under way (after an earlier $17 million) Clone Robotics
Clone Robotics opens a second office in Mountain View, California, signaling a move beyond its Polish (Wroclaw) roots Clone Robotics
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