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A humanoid robot, sometimes called an android, is a robot that resembles a human. Accounts of the yeti, Sasquatch, and Bigfoot continue to fascinate us mainly because of their humanoid characteristics. The idea of creating a monstrous humanoid, such as the Jewish golem or Victor Frankenstein's creation, has intrigued us for centuries. "Humanoid Animation" is a standard for creating humanlike figures for video that lets the same figure be used in a variety of 3-D games—some of which have nothing but humanoids for characters.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
Other companies have also presented the idea of humanoid robots that mimic the size and movements of people.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Not to throw too much shade at all those humanoid warehouse robots, but as is pointed out in the video above, using just our hands outstretched in front of us to lift things is not how humans do it, because using other parts of our bodies to provide extra support makes lifting easier.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Foundation Model for humanoid robots, was another wild ride.
—Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Hard data are hard to come by, but Chris Papadopoulos, an expert in health technology at the University of Bedfordshire, guesses that fewer than one in 1,000 U.K. care homes uses a humanoid robot on an ongoing basis.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
In January, Musk posted a video of Tesla’s Optimus in which the humanoid robot was shown folding laundry seemingly on its own.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
Mercedes isn’t the first (and certainly won’t be the last) automaker to use humanoid robots in its factories.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
Figure, a startup that’s partnered with OpenAI to develop a humanoid robot, released a new video on Wednesday.
—Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
Most of the companies getting traction in the space have robots that don’t look like the humanoids of science fiction.
—Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
The recent progress in commercial humanoids is just exhausting.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2024
And Tesla is potentially its own first customer for humanoids, finding work for them in its car factories.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
Premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Being is a social humanoid that Newsome has been developing for almost five years.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Jan. 2024
The exhibition centered on the AI humanoid who taught decolonization workshops through dance storytelling and critical pedagogy.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Several companies seem to be following Boston Dynamics’ lead by developing humanoids—including Tesla.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
Named Being the Digital Griot, the humanoid bends their arms in preparation to vogue.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanoid. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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