Slenderman, is that you?

Is that too much already?

The day before yesterday, Clone Robotic showed its first bipedal humanoid robot, Protoclone V1.
It's a design that mirrors the human body from the tiniest bone, through tendons, right up to the muscles – did you know its creators even went to the autopsy room to really study human anatomy?

Clone has been shocking from the start. From the moment we saw their hand, then when we got the torso, and now we're getting a full-scale artificial human. It’s even hard to call it a robot.

And with all the fascination around technology, innovations, and what humanoid robots might bring us, one question keeps popping up – one that stirs up a lot of emotions and some scary thoughts.

Where do we draw the line between a robot and a human, and how far will we go in making robots like us?

Even though I'm surrounded by technology and robots in my everyday life, I still count myself among the robotic conservatives. For me, an absolute deal breaker is if I’m sitting in a cafe having a classic espresso and have to wonder who’s human and who’s a robot.

And despite the amazing admiration I have for what Clone does, I’d be lying if I said that this robot doesn’t freak me out in some way. Maybe that’s their deliberate move?

But it would be enough if they just dressed it up a bit. Maybe the cure for the fear is what Przemek Rybicki talks about? Shorts, a cap, and sunglasses?

I’m leaving that puzzle for you ;)

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