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humanoid

[hyoo-muh-noid, yoo-] / ˈhyu məˌnɔɪd, ˈyu- /


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Other humanoid robots come to life and show off their kung-fu or funky dance moves.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Investors want to see the expansion of Tesla’s robo-taxi services, which started in Austin, Texas, in June, and progress in producing its humanoid robot, Optimus.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Musk recently has talked about shifting the company’s focus to AI, robotaxis and humanoid robots, but these all resemble pipe dreams.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

We’re not far from a future where we have packages delivered by autonomous drones and we work alongside robots, including humanoid ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

I saw monsters patrolling the upper decks of the ship—dracaenas snake-women, hellhounds, giants, and the humanoid seal- demons known as telkhines—but we zipped by so fast, none of them raised the alarm.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan