The Uncanny Valley

June 12 2012

Excerpt from the IEEE newsletter:

More than 40 years ago, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori wrote an essay on how he envisioned people’s reactions to robots that looked and acted almost human. In particular, he hypothesized that a person’s response to a humanlike robot would abruptly shift from empathy to revulsion as it approached, but failed to attain, a lifelike appearance. This descent into eeriness is known as the uncanny valley. Though copies of Mori’s essay have circulated among researchers, a complete version hasn’t been widely available. This is the first publication of an English translation that has been authorized and reviewed by Mori.

A good read!!! And there is a related interview with Masahiro Mori here.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/the-uncanny-valley

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