# Clone Robotics Clone Alpha review

Artificial muscle android with free reservations, no price or ship date

- Our score: not scored yet
- Price: n/a (checked n/a)
- Status: waitlist
- Best for: Robotics fans interested in biomimetic designs
- Skip if: You want a working home robot in the next few years
- HTML version: https://robotsforthat.com/robot/clone-alpha/

## Verdict

Clone Alpha is the most unusual design here, using artificial muscles instead of motors. But it has not been shown standing or doing chores, has no price, and the company's own roadmap puts first products in hotels in 2028. A free reservation costs nothing, but expect nothing soon.

## Pros

- Unique hydraulic artificial muscle design
- Highly articulated hands per the maker
- Reservation appears free

## Cons

- No public demo of it standing, walking or doing chores
- No price or ship date
- Maker roadmap targets hotels first, in 2028

## Specs

- height: Not published
- weight: Not published
- payload: Not published
- battery runtime: Not published
- hands: Maker claims 26 DoF across each hand, wrist and elbow, driven by water powered Myofiber muscles
- autonomy: Not published; Robozaps found no public footage of it standing, walking or doing a chore as of July 2026
- home tasks: Product page lists 16 skills including home navigation, drinks, laundry and vacuuming (per Robozaps); none shown publicly
- ship date: No ship date; first 279 units offered for reservation
- us availability: No delivery plan published

## Safety

- recalls: None; not sold
- company status: Active startup; roadmap aims for enterprise Robo Butler products for hotels in 2028, with walking in 2027. Robozaps reports its Republic crowdfunding was withdrawn and refunded.
- warranty: Not published

## Questions buyers ask

### Can I buy a Clone Alpha?

You can reserve one of 279 units, but no price, deposit or ship date has been published.

### Does it do housework?

Clone lists home skills, but Robozaps found no public demo of any household task as of July 2026.

### When will it ship?

No date. Clone's roadmap targets natural walking in 2027 and first commercial products for hotels in 2028.

## Sources

1. [Clone Robotics (clonerobotics.com)](https://www.clonerobotics.com/)
2. [Maginative: meet Clone Alpha](https://www.maginative.com/article/meet-clone-alpha-a-humanoid-robot-built-with-synthetic-organs-and-artificial-muscles/)
3. [Humanoids Daily: Clone Robotics roadmap](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/the-synthetic-human-roadmap-clone-robotics-eyes-silicon-valley-and-20-000-price-points)
4. [Robozaps: Clone Alpha price and status](https://blog.robozaps.com/b/clone-protoclone-review)