The Uncanny Valley Explained - Why Robots, Dolls and Mannequins are Creepy The Uncanny Valley is a common unsettling, anxious ...

Handwrytten uses AI and robots to create custom physical notes for businesses and individuals. The company sends about 20,000 ...

To avoid experiencing the uncanny valley, many robot manufacturers have committed to swinging the other way. For example, despite Boston Dynamics' Atlas being able to do parkour, its team has ...

“What's so cool about the uncanny valley is that it can be used to create a sense of horror, if you want it to,” said Lim. “So, [the horror movie] Megan is a great example of it. It's ...

The phrase “uncanny valley” is widely accepted to have originated in 1970, with the publication of an academic paper by roboticist Masahiro Mori in an obscure journal called Energy. Mori's ...

Sirius is a $1,200 robot dog made by a company you’ve never heard of called Hengbot. It’s part of a long lineage of robot ...

Hundreds of studies exploring ways to promote smooth human-robot interaction have been carried out in recent years. In general, scientists agree that as robots begin to appear more humanlike ...

Humanoid robots like this one, photographed in Dallas in 2010, aren't the only things that can trigger an uncanny valley reaction. We can detect if something's off even if the stimulus is more ...

Follow this makeup trend to verify you are not a robot — but want to be. The viral “uncanny valley” makeup trend is taking over TikTok, as creators try to spook their viewers with their ...

Robot smiles with living skin. That's not creepy at all If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you?