The ‘Protoclone’ robot has synthetic muscles — and moves like a human

Polish company Clone Robotics has unveiled Protoclone, a human-like robot equipped with synthetic muscles and a polymer skeleton consisting of 206 bones.

The YouTube clip below shows Protoclone using its synthetic muscles to move.

Protoclone has a 500-watt electric pump as its heart and four cameras for eyes. In addition, the robot has 320 pressure-sensitive sensors and 70 inertial sensors, according to Ars Technica.

In the future, this kind of robot could eventually help around the household — for example, by cooking, washing dishes and doing laundry.