Humanoid (disambiguation)
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Humanoid
A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...

is any being whose body structure resembles that of a human.

Humanoid may also refer to:
  • humanoid robot
    Humanoid robot
    A humanoid robot or an anthropomorphic robot is a robot with its overall appearance, based on that of the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots...

    , non-fictional humanoid robots
  • Humanoids Publishing, a comic book publisher
  • Humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, humanoid is a type of creature, or "creature type". Humanoids are any creature shaped generally like a human , of Small or Medium size, with few or no supernatural or extraordinary abilities...

    , a Dungeons & Dragons creature type
  • Humanoid, a song by Chicago
    Chicago
    Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

    -based alternative metal
    Alternative metal
    Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...

     band Chevelle
    Chevelle
    Chevelle is an American alternative metal trio that formed in 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The band was originally composed of two brothers and a local friend: Pete Loeffler , Sam Loeffler , and Matt Scott . Matt was later replaced by brother Joe Loeffler...

     from their 2007
    2007 in music
    This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

     album Vena Sera
  • Brian Dougans
    Brian Dougans
    Brian Dougans is one half of the British electronica group, The Future Sound of London.He is a "man of many thoughts and few words" almost always letting Cobain take the lead in interviews with them both...

    , the electronic musician credited as "Humanoid"
  • Stakker Humanoid
    Stakker Humanoid
    Stakker Humanoid is an acid house track by Humanoid released in 1988 by the London based label Westside Records.-History of the track:The project behind the track started out with Stakker, a collaborative project by the video artists Mark McClean and Colin Scott...

    , a hit single by the above artist.
  • Humanoid (album)
    Humanoid (album)
    Humanoid is the third German studio album and the second English studio album by German band Tokio Hotel. Released through Universal Domestic Pop, Island Records and Cherrytree Records, the album was recorded in both German and English with both versions set for a simultaneous worldwide release...

    , the third album by German rock band Tokio Hotel
    Tokio Hotel
    Tokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing...

  • The Humanoids, a novel by Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson
    John Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction" following the death in 1988 of Robert A...

    • Creation of the Humanoids, a movie based on the above novel
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