Clone founder on TWiSt: artificial muscles could cost a fraction of traditional actuation
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-10-20
Clone founder Dhanush appeared on This Week in Startups; Marwa Eldiwiny summarizes:
- Current actuation tech may be a deadlock; artificial muscles could cost a fraction of traditional actuators while being softer and safer.
- Lifelikeness in hand design matters but current actuators make it hard; wrist design is a challenge, and Clone's approach is compact and different.
- He argues the moat in robotics may come from hardware, not just the brain side.
- The author wonders why VC money floods the brain side while hardware companies like Clone stay underfunded, and notes the industry lacks data on deployment failure rates.
Related event: Clone Founder Says Artificial Muscles Could Slash Robot Actuator Costs(2 posts)→
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