Lifelike robots and animations can elicit a response that's somewhere between uncomfortable and creeped out. Scientific American editor Larry Greenemeier explains why in our latest Instant Egghead video:
More to explore:
What Should a Robot Look Like? (Scientific American)
Is the Uncanny Valley Real? (BBC Future)
Translation of Masahiro Mori's 1970 paper (IEEE Spectrum)
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Credits:
Written & presented by Larry Greenemeier
Edited by Joss Fong
Produced by Eric R. Olson
