Other forms: humanoids
A humanoid is a machine or creature shaped like a human being. A humanoid robot.
The shape is chosen so a machine can use doors, stairs and tools made for people. A humanoid robot is far harder to build than a wheeled one and no more useful in most jobs.
1nounhumanoidA machine or creature shaped like a human being.
“The humanoid took four years to learn to climb one flight of stairs.”
humanoid is a machine.
Human plus -oid, a Greek ending meaning having the form of.
From human + -oid.
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