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Humanoid robot

A humanoid robot is a robot modeled on the human form, with torso, head, and limbs, built to move through human spaces and use human-scale tools and interfaces.

Humanoid Robotics Project

The Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP) was a five-year Japanese government program under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, running from fiscal 1998 to 2002 to develop humanoid robots.

Humans (TV series)

Humans (TV series): British-American sci-fi drama by Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley, adapted from Swedish Äkta Människor (Real Humans). Aired on Channel 4 and AMC 2015–2018, three seasons of 8 episodes about sentient Synths; cancelled after season 3.

Humans in the Loop (film)

Humans in the Loop is a 2024 Hindi-Kurukh Indian drama directed by Aranya Sahay, following Oraon Adivasi woman Nehma, a Jharkhand data labeller training AI, who confronts embedded biases; it won FOI Online and FIPRESCI awards and streamed on Netflix in 2025.

Humanz

Humanz is the fifth studio album by Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett), released 28 April 2017 on Parlophone; a guest-heavy "party for the end of the world" responding to Trump's election, charting at No. 2 in the US and UK.

Humanzee

The humanzee, also known as a human-chimpanzee or human-ape hybrid, is a hypothetical human-chimp hybrid; the only documented experiments, by Soviet zoologist Ilya Ivanov in the 1920s, failed.

Humare Ram (हमारे राम)

Humare Ram (हमारे राम) is a Hindi mythological stage musical by Felicity Theatre adapting the Ramayana through Lav and Kush's questions, starring Ashutosh Rana as Ravan and co-writer Rahull R Bhuchar as Ram; premiered in Delhi on 22 January 2024 and surpassed 450 shows.

Humayma Roman Fort

Humayma Roman Fort (ancient Hauarra/Hawara): Trajanic auxiliary fort in southern Jordan, built after AD 106 annexation, about 500 troops, 24 towers, 204 x 147 m, abandoned early fifth century.

Humayun (همایون)

Humayun (همایون, Nasir-al-Din Mohammad, 1508–1556), second Mughal emperor, son of Babur; ruled India 1530–40 and 1555–56, was defeated by Sher Shah Suri, exiled in Safavid Iran, restored Delhi in 1555, and died from a staircase fall.

Humayun Ahmed (হুমায়ুন আহমেদ)

Humayun Ahmed (হুমায়ুন আহমেদ), 1948–2012, Bangladeshi novelist, playwright, and filmmaker; debut Nondito Noroke (1972); creator of Himu and Misir Ali; about 300 titles; died in New York, buried at Nuhash Palli.

Humayun Kabir (AJUP politician)

Humayun Kabir, founder of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP/AUJP) in West Bengal, won Rejinagar and Nowda in 2026 after Congress, TMC, and BJP stints and expulsion over a Babri Masjid replica plan.

Humayun Kabir (হুমায়ুন কবির) (politician, former police officer)

Humayun Kabir (হুমায়ুন কবির), retired 2003-batch West Bengal IPS officer, was Chandannagar police commissioner before joining Trinamool Congress in February 2021; he won the Debra assembly seat in 2021, defeating former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh.

Humayun Saeed

Humayun Saeed (born 1971, Karachi) is a Pakistani actor and producer active since 1995, known for Meray Paas Tum Ho, the Jawani Phir Nahi Ani films, Six Sigma Plus, and Dr Hasnat Khan in The Crown. Not the software engineer or web designer of the same name.

Humayun Saeed filmography

Humayun Saeed filmography: Pakistani actor-producer (born 1971, Karachi), TV debut Karoron Ka Aadmi 1995, hit films Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, Love Guru, drama Meray Paas Tum Ho, and The Crown's Dr Hasnat Khan.

Humayun-nama

The Humayun-nama (ہمایون نامہ) is a Persian chronicle of the early Mughal dynasty written around 1587 by Gulbadan Begum, a daughter of Babur and half-sister of Humayun.

Humayun's invasion of Gujarat

Humayun's invasion of Gujarat (ہمایوں کا گجرات پر حملہ) was the 1534–35 campaign in which Mughal emperor Humayun attacked Bahadur Shah's Gujarat Sultanate and drove him to refuge at Diu.

Humayun's Tomb (مقبره همایون)

Humayun's Tomb (مقبره همایون) is the mausoleum of the Mughal emperor Humayun in Delhi, built by his widow Bega Begum in 1569-70 and the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent.

Humbaba

Humbaba (Akkadian; Sumerian Huwawa) is the monstrous guardian of the Cedar Forest appointed by Enlil in Mesopotamian myth, slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the Sumerian tale's Versions A and B and in Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh; his seven terrors and grotesque apotropaic face distinguish him from all other Mesopotamian demons.

Humban-haltash I

Humban-haltash I (Assyrian Umman-haldashu) was king of Elam from 688 or 689 to 681 BC, founder of the second Neo-Elamite dynasty and a contemporary of Sennacherib of Assyria.

Humban-haltash II

Humban-haltash II (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II) was king of Elam from about 681 to 675 BC, a reign known almost entirely from Babylonian and Assyrian sources rather than Elamite records.

Humban-haltash III

Humban-haltash III, also known as Ummanaldash III, was the last king of his Elamite dynasty, reigning in the 640s BC before being captured by Ashurbanipal of Assyria.

Humban-menanu

Humban-menanu, also called Umman-menanu, was king of Elam from about 692 to 689 BC, best known for leading the Elamite-Babylonian coalition at the Battle of Halule in 691 BC.

Humban-nikash I

Humban-nikash I, called Ummanigash in Assyrian sources, was king of Elam in southwestern Iran from 743 to 717 BC, defeating an Assyrian army at Der in 720 BC.

Humban-numena

Humban-numena, also rendered Humbannumena, was a king of Elam of the Igihalkid dynasty who ruled around 1350 BC, defeated Kidin-Hutran I, and fathered Untash-Napirisha.

Humbe (singer)

Humbe is the stage name of Mexican singer and songwriter Humberto Rodríguez Terrazas, born in Monterrey in 2000, known for introspective pop blending R&B and alternative elements.

Humber

The Humber is England's largest-catchment macro-tidal estuary, formed by the Trent and Ouse, home to the UK's biggest port complex, over 500,000 people at tidal flood risk, and internationally important waterbird habitats.

Humber Bridge

The Humber Bridge is a road suspension bridge across the Humber Estuary in northern England, linking Hessle with Barton-upon-Humber. Opened in 1981, its 1,410-meter main span was the world's longest until 1998.

Humber Polytechnic

Humber Polytechnic, formerly Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, is a public polytechnic in Toronto founded in 1967, renamed August 29, 2024, with over 76,000 learners, 200+ programs, and campuses at North, Lakeshore, and downtown Toronto.

Humber Refinery

The Humber Refinery is an oil refinery operated by Phillips 66 at South Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, England, and the only coking refinery in the United Kingdom.

Humber Zero

Humber Zero is a carbon capture project at Immingham on the Humber estuary, England, led by Phillips 66 and VPI Immingham to cut industrial CO2 emissions.