Video: Clone demos creepy humanoid hand with human-level grip strength and speed

Polish robotics company Clone Robotics has demonstrated a highly advanced anthropomorphic robotic hand controlled by their new Neural Joint V2 Controller. The hand features 27 degrees of freedom and achieves human-level grip strength and speed, closely mirroring natural finger movements with minimal latency. Unlike earlier versions that used hardcoded controls, the V2 Controller employs a neural network trained on extensive human hand motion data, enabling it to interpret and replicate complex, fast, and unpredictable movements in real time. The hand’s design incorporates carbon-fiber bones and ligament-style tethers with synthetic water-powered artificial muscles called Myofibers, which generate up to 1 kilogram of grip force and have demonstrated exceptional durability through 650,000 test cycles without fatigue. This robotic hand is a critical component of Clone Robotics’ broader Clone Alpha project, which aims to create a biomimetic humanoid robot with natural human-like motion. The Alpha robot integrates a polymer skeleton, Myofiber muscles, and a compact hydraulic vascular system to replicate human