as in human
looking or acting like a human being
humanoid robots The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.
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Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
And the company has been asking investors to focus on its plans for dedicated robotaxis, driverless software, humanoid robots and supercomputers, instead of its core automotive business.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
And scale may be crucial here; companies like Tesla and Figure are designing their humanoids with mass manufacturing in mind, aiming to deploy hundreds, then thousands of them out in the world doing small, simple, useful tasks.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
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Musk has repeatedly tied Tesla’s future to autonomous driving and humanoid robots, rather than simply selling electric vehicles and batteries.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
And the company has been asking investors to focus on its plans for dedicated robotaxis, driverless software, humanoid robots and supercomputers, instead of its core automotive business.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tesla's plan to put a can-do-anything-for-you humanoid on the market still looks a long way off.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
And scale may be crucial here; companies like Tesla and Figure are designing their humanoids with mass manufacturing in mind, aiming to deploy hundreds, then thousands of them out in the world doing small, simple, useful tasks.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
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Police investigate after a human head washed ashore on Key Biscayne, Fla., on Tuesday morning.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The whole point of fast transit programs like BRT is to get more people to ride transit instead of driving, thereby increasing the total human capacity of a road since buses are much more space-efficient than cars.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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The horror-novel-inspiring creatures survive entirely on the blood of their victims.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Complicated Story of Hawai‘i’s Pigs (Hakai Magazine) by Brendan Borrell Hawaiians’ relationships with the islands’ pigs have changed dramatically over the 1,000-plus years since Polynesian people first brought the creatures there.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Nov. 2024
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The prevalence of forearm fractures in hominids indicates that parents of the past did not have the luxury of preventing climbing and falling, an intrinsic part of their niche.Carly Miller, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Hobbit Relatives The team used that bone to calculate the ancient hominid’s height as 42 inches.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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The law requires that the first appointment must be in person.Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Much more refining will have to take place in person and virtually.Worth Sparkman, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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But in contrast to many small-town series, these groups—and the individuals who comprise them—aren’t reduced to meaningless stereotypes.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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This means the relationship involved individuals who were in a close, personal bond, typically within the same household.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Death, her ex-lover, grants her some time but warns that neither mortal can outrun their ultimate fate.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Time just seems to fly and fly with no regard for us mere mortals.Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — The Hayward man behind an iconic 2021 sideshow photograph has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing guns that police found during a raid of his residence, court records show.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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It was not known which of the two men who have protection orders against Schenke made the Facebook post.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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His mother worked in a fish canning factory, and his father did construction.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The spendy options run from the eponymous Italian dishes of dressed fish to uni taco bites, caviar nachos and prawns a la plancha.Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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