Clone Alpha
Muscle-and-hydraulics android with a reported USD 20,000 pre-order price and no verified deliveries.
Clone Alpha humanoid standing in a studio, front view · Photo: Clone Robotics · Press image · Source
Clone Alpha is a biomimetic android with artificial muscles and a water-powered actuation system, shown as the Protoclone in 2025. Clone opened pre-orders for a first run of 279 units, most often reported at USD 20,000. As of mid-2026 a review found no open checkout, no evidenced shipment and no footage of the Protoclone walking.
Our verdict
Striking engineering and an aggressive price, but until hardware ships or walks on camera it is a pre-order promise.
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as of 2026-10
$20,000
Reported (secondary outlets) pre-order price for the first 279 units; the USD 20,000 figure could not be confirmed on a primary source, and no checkout or deliveries are confirmed as of mid-2026.
as of 2026-04 · Source
No public price
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as of 2026-10
Timeline
Clone Robotics opens pre-orders for the first 279 Clone Alpha units at about USD 20,000 (secondary reports).
Co-founder reiterates the roughly USD 20,000 price at the Abundance Summit (secondary report).
Robozaps review: no orderable price, no open checkout, no evidenced shipment, no footage of the Protoclone walking.
Promises
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- Humanoid Robot Available for Preorder; Walks, Talks Naturally IoT World Today · Oct 31, 2026
- Clone Alpha Humanoid Intel · Oct 31, 2026
- Clone Alpha Robozaps · Oct 31, 2026
- Meet Clone Alpha Maginative · Oct 31, 2026
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