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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, 31 Oct. 2024
Boston Dynamics has shared another look at the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics Machine learning through computer vision and physical experimentation will eventually allow these humanoids to watch and learn more or less any manual task a human can perform.
—New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanoid. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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