- Business addresses
- Mountain View, US; Wrocław, Poland1
- Co-founders
- Dhanush Radhakrishnan, Łukasz Koźlik2
Clone Robotics is exploring a physical question behind the home-robot idea: could a machine work more like us if its body did too? Its work spans robotic hands, upper-body platforms and the full-body Protoclone. The newest announced torso is aimed at workplace tasks, while Clone Alpha remains the company's home-oriented proposal.4567
Visit Clone Robotics ↗From artificial muscles to a robot body
The collaboration brought together two different interests. The 2023 regulatory filing describes Łukasz Koźlik's seven years of experiments with artificial muscles and robotic hands. Dhanush Radhakrishnan had worked on reinforcement-learning software, giving the founders different starting points for a machine that would need both a body and a way to learn.2
The business took shape in 2021. Clone Incorporated’s filing gives October 12 as its Delaware organization date; the crowdfunding profile uses November as its founding month. The records do not explain the difference. Terms effective July 2, 2026 identify Clone Incorporated and its Polish subsidiary, Clone Sp. z o.o., with business addresses in Mountain View and Wrocław.123
The hand is a useful starting point for understanding Clone. A future helper has to do more than reach a cupboard: it has to grasp the handle and deal with what is inside. Clone's hand work and its later full-body prototype let readers follow how the company is approaching that physical side of robotics.45
A stationary robot for two-handed work
On October 1, 2026, Clone set a November target for Torso 4. That makes the next useful question quite specific: which two-handed job will the new platform perform, with what fixtures and how much help? An enterprise work station could be informative even before a robot is ready to move around a home.6
Robots and their intended work
The names describe different parts of that effort. Protoclone is the full-body demonstration introduced in February 2025. Torso is the upper-body line, with Torso 4 announced for stationary two-arm work. Alpha is the home-oriented proposal. A capability or purchase claim attached to one should not be carried across to the others.567
Clone Hand
Clone Hand is the hand-focused strand of the company’s hardware work. It connects Koźlik’s earlier artificial-muscle experiments with the manipulation problem that any wider robot body would need to solve.24
Protoclone
Clone introduced Protoclone in February 2025 as a full-body musculoskeletal android, with a body organized around artificial muscles. It is a development demonstration distinct from the home-oriented Alpha proposal.257
Clone Torso
The Torso line concentrates on upper-body work. The October 1, 2026 announcement targets Torso 4 for stationary two-arm enterprise tasks in November. This is a future target, with no completed launch or delivery implied.6
Clone Alpha
Alpha is promoted as a home-oriented android with an initial edition of 279 units. That is the scope of the promotion, not a verified count of delivered machines. The website’s reservation wording and dated terms need to be read together before treating it as an offer.17
From interest to an actual household offer
Clone's website still carries Alpha reservation language, but its terms effective July 2, 2026 explicitly say the site is not taking purchases or preorders. A prospective customer should treat the site as information about development and seek current terms for the exact machine.17
For a household reader, the next useful milestone is a clearly identified product doing a repeatable job, followed by delivery and service terms. Ask who repairs it, whether anyone can remotely see its surroundings, and what happens when it cannot complete a task. Those answers matter more to daily ownership than how closely the body resembles a person.178
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Sources and notes
- Clone Terms of Use
Terms effective July 2, 2026 identify Clone Incorporated and Clone Sp. z o.o. with Mountain View and Wrocław business addresses. Section 4 says site purchases and preorders are unavailable. The Alpha page’s reservation language remains inconsistent; these terms do not establish product warranty, delivery or a media reuse grant. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone Incorporated Form C
Clone Incorporated’s February 24, 2023 Form C gives October 12, 2021 as its Delaware organization date. Printed page 21 supplies founder biographies. Republic’s November 2021 founding account remains alongside it; no incorporation-versus-launch explanation has been established. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone issuer crowdfunding campaign
The historical 2023 issuer campaign uses a November 2021 founding label, states US$640,000 raised and offers a US$30 million Crowd SAFE cap. The cap is a conversion term, not current market value; the amount is not a verified final campaign outcome. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone Hand
Maker page for Clone Hand, retained as a distinct hardware strand. Its claims do not automatically apply to every torso or full-body generation. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone Protoclone introduction
Official February 19, 2025 Protoclone introduction. A prototype demonstration does not establish independent testing or a household offer. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone Torso 4 November target
Official October 1, 2026 announcement targets Torso 4 for November and stationary two-arm enterprise tasks. The target is prospective. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone Alpha preorder-labelled page
Alpha promotion describes a home-oriented android and a 279-unit initial edition while retaining a 2025 preorder heading. The conflicting July 2026 terms remain visible in the purchase discussion. No completed deliveries are established. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Clone website privacy policy
Website and contact privacy policy. The packet did not establish operational robot camera, audio, training-data or remote-assistance terms from it. Source checked 2026-10-26.
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