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  • humanoid Having human-like characteristics. The humanoid robot can walk and run like a person.
  • record The best performance in a particular activity. She set a new record for the fastest time in the race.
  • competition An event where people or teams compete against each other. The robot competition had over 2000 robots participating.
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