as in animal
a 2-footed animal
Human beings are bipeds.
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Recent Examples of biped
Humanoid endures freeze Unitree has staged a high-profile demonstration of its G1 humanoid robot’s ability to operate in some of the harshest natural conditions on Earth, sending the biped into the deep freeze of China’s far northwest.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The project from the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence group at the Italian Institute of Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has taken a child-like biped designed for AI research – the iCub – and aims to get it off the ground using jet power.
—Paul Ridden
june 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
Beyond that, Kalouche has plans to integrate the GOAT leg into a variety of different robot morphologies, including monopods, bipeds, tripods, and that quadruped in the rendering above.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2016
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The project from the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence group at the Italian Institute of Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has taken a child-like biped designed for AI research – the iCub – and aims to get it off the ground using jet power.
—Paul Ridden
june 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
Beyond that, Kalouche has plans to integrate the GOAT leg into a variety of different robot morphologies, including monopods, bipeds, tripods, and that quadruped in the rendering above.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biped
Noun
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The animal first gained attention after a local farmer noticed the resemblance.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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New World screwworm, which burrows into the flesh of living animals, is a pest that can affect livestock and cause economic losses in the agricultural sector.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Female screwworms lay hundreds of eggs in the wounds and openings of warm-blooded creatures, allowing their larvae to feast on the living animals, causing deep, festering, life-threatening wounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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But Hilton is likely to hammer Becerra as a creature of the state’s Democratic establishment.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The company has also hinted at plans to bring Atlas and Spot, Boston Dynamics’ quadruped robot, to the World Cup, although their exact role has not been revealed.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Other applications might include robotics, such as adaptive robotic quadrupeds.—
Shirl Leigh
May 22,
New Atlas,
22 May 2026
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“Biped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biped. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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