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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
applicator
automated
automation
backhoe
chuck
coffee machine
convenience
crankshaft
Heath Robinson
immobilizer
roller
snow thrower
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
valve
workhorse
humanoid
adjective
uk /ˈhjuː.mə.nɔɪd/ us /ˈhjuː.mə.nɔɪd/
(of a machine or creature) with the appearance and qualities of a human:
He had built the machine to appear humanoid.
They are developing humanoid robots.
The creatures were vaguely humanoid in shape.
A giant humanoid figure stood in front of us.
The character is often described as a tall thin humanoid creature

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
applicator
automated
automation
backhoe
chuck
coffee machine
convenience
crankshaft
Heath Robinson
immobilizer
roller
snow thrower
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
valve
workhorse

Examples from literature

Japan has a keen interest in humanoid models. 
Running is easy for most people, but amazingly difficult for a humanoid robot. 
So naturally moving humanoids may soon be a common sight. 
The first entertainment robot with commercial success was not a humanoid, however, but a robot dog. 
The lack of easily available or reasonably-priced humanoid robots hasn’t stopped Japan’s robot enthusiasts. 
These machines aren’t humanoid, but resemble motorized chairs, designed to help patients move around and get in and out of bed. 
They are generally simpler, more like expensive remote-controlled toys, but they are all humanoid and have some degree of autonomy. 
They include fighting robots that shoot out fire and hit other robots, walking humanoid robots, and others that play sports. 
This probably explains why there are hundreds of humanoid robots being developed in Japan, while in the USA there are currently just two. 

Examples of humanoid

humanoid
The present day humanoid robots are stiff-legged, have complex structures, and do not use energy restoring element like pneumatic hydraulic cylinders or mechanical springs.
That is why nowadays most successfully developed humanoid prototypes are still actuated by motors.
Thirdly, although the emergence of a humanoid-like intelligence is a rare event, it is unlikely to be unique.
The same solution has been studied for coordinating the head and trunk modules of the humanoid robot.
A particular area of research interest, currently being pursued actively in humanoid robotics, is the control of biped locomotion.
But an interesting trend is the appearance of devices where the speech recognition capability is paired with a more (well, slightly more) humanoid form.
Besides, in some cases posture is understood as a certain relative fixed position of humanoid links that move as a whole.
As a consequence, researchers study a variety of tasks performed by humans and are trying to accomplish these tasks with a humanoid or service robot.
At the same time, work on humanoids has been almost considered as mere enthusiast's concern.
The biped humanoid robot has forty-three mechanical degrees of freedom and four passive degrees of freedom (a translational motion and three rotational motions).
Most of the available humanoid prototypes have a high number of degrees of freedom, a complex control and a high cost.
By changing the configuration along the self-motion curve a humanoid arm can increase its rigidity or compliance and can gain mechanical advantage near kinematic singularities.
This characteristic differentiates humanoid robots from industrial robots in design concepts.
Nowadays, the hardware realization still restricts the general improvement of humanoid robot developments, especially the minihumanoid robots.
These properties significantly contribute to the motion abilities of a humanoid arm and must be considered in the design and control of humanoid robots.
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