Robots built like humans.
On High Bit, Dhanush Radhakrishnan, cofounder & CEO of Clone, explains how they’re letting biology set the blueprint for musculoskeletal, super-intelligent androids — synthetic humans straight out of sci-fi.
Powered by artificial muscles instead of motors and attached to anatomically accurate skeletons, Clone is building robots designed for human-level motion, durability, and full-body control.
Dhanush explains the early engineering choices that helped them move fast, their data strategy (motion capture, teleoperation, egocentric video), and his excitement about a future untethered biped.
Hosted by Brett Gibson, managing partner at Initialized.
Content:
(00:00) From Fragile to Durable
(00:37) Musculoskeletal Androids
(02:03) Why Artificial Muscles
(04:10) Starting Clone in Poland
(06:29) Removing Early Sensors
(10:14) The Durability Challenge
(14:10) Anatomy as Blueprint
(16:22) Building Custom Valves
(18:17) Hand to Full Body
(24:40) Prototyping with Pneumatics
(29:26) Delaying Tactile Skin
(32:39) Data: MOCAP + Teleop
(45:20) Toward an Untethered Biped
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