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.