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
Our biped brings back our hydraulic design with custom liquid valves for a silent android.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
Our biped brings back our hydraulic design with custom liquid valves for a silent android.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biped
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But there were no guarantees the movie could match the first film, an original tale about a city of anthropomorphic animals where every species is expected to treat each each other with respect (good luck).—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
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The founder of animal welfare organization Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals Rescue, Grillo's organization was found liable for wrongful termination after a former employee sued in November 2024.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a skeletal creature materialize in the darkness is ominous; returning to the site to find that it’s disappeared is even worse.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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The story follows an animal lover named Mabel, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with fellow creatures and save their habitat from destruction.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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Chinese robotics firm Unitree Robotics has unveiled the vAs2, a high-performance quadruped robot built for speed, payload strength, and advanced autonomous capabilities.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Start from a quadruped position (on all fours) with your hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Biped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biped. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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