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Recent Examples of humanlike
Film, vibration, sound and light converge around a faceless, humanlike figure moving through shifting states of existence.
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Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanlike
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The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning aircraft cabins and possibly handling ground support equipment such as baggage carts, according to a Japan Airlines press release.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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About a decade ago the artist Paul Chan (no relation) began affixing fans to the bases of humanoid sculptures, made from cylindrical nylon tubes, in order to animate them.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Gukesh has a maturity that seems connected to his openness to instinctual play, and to his awareness of the depth and power of human feeling.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even though the pushing and throwing motions forced the robots into excursions near the boundaries of their physical workspaces, and the pick-and-place maneuver demanded complex internal mathematical checks, all three machines were able to learn a functional policy via a single human demonstration.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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Over ten million years ago, long before the human species existed, our hominid ancestors adapted to metabolize alcohol.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The team used laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MS), a technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high-precision elemental and isotope analyses of solid materials, to scan Neanderthal molars and other hominid fossils.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Humanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanlike. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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