World's first musculoskeletal robot ‘comes to life’ in viral video; maker says ‘You can stab it and it’ll bleed'
Hindustan TimesUS-based robotics company Clone has released a video showing its latest product Protoclone, the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. Reacting to the company's video showing the robot, an X user said, “Please tell me the average human can kill this thing with a bat.” Responding to this, Clone CEO Dhanush Rad said, “You can stab it with a fork and it will bleed out.” Rad also called the robot “ground zero for the age of androids”. Netizens say robot has ‘come to life’ Reacting to the video, several people expressed shock at the striking similarity the robot's movements had to those of a human. A third user jokingly talked about its similarity to humans and said, “Sure this is not some guy hanging there doing the robot?” A user likened the video to the famous sci-fi movie Terminator Salvation.
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