That of humanoid robots is a crowded market. Companies such as Tesla, Figure Ai and Unitree Robotics, are trying to develop machines with anthropomorphic shapes capable of becoming assistants to be launched on the market. However Clone plays another game.
It springs hanging with the legs that swing and the falling head. The tense muscle bands are glimpsed on the white body. It is called Protoclone, and was presented as “the first synthetic human being”. The android was produced by Clonerobotics, a company that develops Intelligent bionic robots, “Our mission”, reads the site, “is to use the musculoskeletal technology advanced to create bionic robots capable of carrying out common jobs in daily life, Similar to Westworld Bionic Robots“. The reference to the series is evident. Not only for the pale white of the body, the design in fact includes systems of synthetic organs for skeletal, muscle, vascular and nervous functions. Exactly like the androids of Westworld.
In the 40 second video shared on social networks, Protoclone is suspended and performs Dynamic movements with legs and armsthe face is covered by a black mask, “the Android”, explains the company in a post, “is anatomically accurate with over 200 degrees of freedom, more than 1,000 myofibre and 200 sensors”, not only, “is equipped of extraordinary powers and anthropomorphic traits to solve daily challenges “.
The clone co-founder, Dhanush radhakrishnaadded on X what protoclone it will be “The epicenter for the era of the Androids“. Beyond the promises, however, it is difficult to understand by watching the video the real capabilities of the humanoid robot. Clone plans to release 279 Android Alpha in 2025,” they will not only be tools, but I represent A new way of livinga future in which humans and robots coexist harmoniously“.”
Identical robots to humans: what are the risks
That of humanoid robots is a crowded market. Companies like Tesla, figures ai and Unitree Robotics, They are trying to develop machines with anthropomorphic shapes capable of becoming assistants to be launched on the market. However Clone plays another game, as the Polish engineer explained Lukasz Kozlik, Clone co-founder, in an interview with Polish tech channel This is IT, the company’s goal is to create robots “indistinguishable by living people, imitating human anatomy from the deeper tissues of the skin.”
It may not be a good idea. Artificial robots too similar to human beings can create a sense of discomfort, the phenomenon is called Uncanny Valley. The thesis was formulated by the robotics professor Masahiro Mori In 1970. According to Mori, the Androids with human traits can arouse a positive emotional response in the spectators, as long as it is their artificial nature evident. When instead the robots become too human, a limit is exceeded and shoots a negative psychological reactiona form of repulsion moved by a sense of restlessness.
Before even, in 1906, the German psychiatrist Ernst jntsch In his essay “Regarding the Psychology of the disturbing” he had anticipated the phenomenon. In fact, Jntsch defined the disturbing as a feeling of uncertainty triggered by distrust in accepting something that is not familiar or understandable. Like an identical robot to a human being.
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