Clone Founder on This Week in Startups: Artificial Muscles vs. Traditional Actuators
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-10-20
Dhanush, founder of Clone, appeared on This Week in Startups with Jason, arguing that current actuation technology risks becoming a dead end and that artificial muscles could cost a fraction of traditional actuators. He also discussed why lifelikeness matters in hand design but is constrained by today's actuators, plus the challenges of wrist design and Clone's approach.
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