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• n  an automaton that resembles a human being

• His humanoid worker robots rise up and destroy their human masters.
• There, half a dozen humanoid creatures with wall eyes, metallic skin, rudimentary mouths and a grasp of English led them aboard a spacecraft and inspected the captives separately.
• Beyond large humanoid robots or industrial ones, Japanese researchers have also created a number of consumer-friendly inventions made for fun or therapy, like pet seals and robot .

• android
• mechanical man

News & Articles

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• A new kit that makes customized robotics affordable
  Rapiro, a programmable robot powered by Raspberry Pi, offers makers a way to tinker with specialized humanoid robotics without breaking the bank.
  June 21, 2013 - GigaOM

Quotes

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• Richard Linnehan in Forbes
  It's really eerie out here. It's pitch black and there's just this big white kind of humanoid-looking thing below me,Linnehan said.
• James Cameron in New York Times
  We could do it with make-up, in a 'Star Trek' manner, we could put rubber on his face, but I wasn't interested in doing it that way,said Mr. Cameron. "With the new tools, we can create a humanoid character that is anything we imagine it to...
• Martin Smith in Independent Online
  We won't see a humanoid robot able to work around the house for 50 to 100 years,says Professor Martin Smith, chairperson of Britain's Cybernetics Society. "Partly it will be because of the cost: Honda's Asimo robot, which can walk, has...