What is it about this robot’s way of thinking that makes him so creepy? Well, for one thing, Sonny doesn't have eyebrows. In ...

Chery's use of blond humanoid robot salespeople, while attracting attention, likely faces challenges due to the uncanny ...

The other option is to make a generally humanoid-shaped robot that is still different enough that it does not enter the ...

In this exclusive interview, David Robert, director of human-robot interaction at Boston Dynamics , walks us through the ...

Seeing human-like robots, dolls, and AI-generated faces can trigger eerie, put-off feelings towards the figure, a phenomenon known as the uncanny valley. Though these figures look almost human, there ...

Pioth says his robot fascination developed in recent years, coinciding with the rise of service bots and autonomous vehicles that have emerged in the Valley. “I’ve always been obsessed with ...

who hypothesized that there is an “uncanny valley” — a nonlinear representation of the relationship between robots’ human resemblance and likability. (We like humanoid objects up to a ...

The uncanny valley describes a human reaction to humanoid avatars (digital or robotic): when they look hyper-realistic but not quite perfect, they may evoke strong discomfort, while more stylized ...

Dozens of robots took to Beijing's E-Town to take part in a half-marathon alongside human racers, albeit separated on another track.

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we break it all down ... by Makena Kelly and Vittoria Elliott Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half-Marathon in Beijing, by ...