This very gap—being close to human but not quite—is what causes the sense of unease, and it’s referred to as the “uncanny valley.” But what is it about the almost-but-not-quite human ...

As robots become more “human” will they also ... Apollo gets around the uncanny valley effect by not having a human-appearing face. Instead, the robot’s sloped ‘face’, round eyes, ...

Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori described the danger of making computer generated voices too indistinguishable from humans as the “uncanny valley ... Creative with the sole purpose of making Kuri ...

Wikipedia says “The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will risk eliciting cold, eerie feelings in viewers.” And yes, we have to admit that as incredible ...

A research team from Osaka University has created a technology enabling androids to dynamically convey mood states like "excited" or "sleepy" by generating facial movements modeled as overlapping, ...

“Advancing this research in dynamic facial expression synthesis will enable robots capable of complex facial movements to exhibit more ... humans and robots." Ishihara adds, “Rather than ...