uncanny valley
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This Robotic Finger Is Covered in Living Human Skin
Roboticists from the University of Tokyo have taken a tiny step toward creating the Terminator. They’ve built an articulated robot finger that’s seamlessly covered in living human skin.
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Soon, We’re All Going To Know What A Live-Action Jiminy Cricket Looks Like
I, for one, am not ready.
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Video Game Characters Are Getting Too Freakishly Real For Me
Video: It’s easier to mindlessly blast away a room full of video game baddies when they look at you with dead eyes and zombie-like facial expressions. It’s a completely different challenge when they appear to be expressing actual emotions and pain, made all the more believable with this new advanced facial animation tool for the…
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Will Humans Love Robots More When They’re Flawed? Absolutely Not.
A team of British researchers have a salacious hypothesis: People like robots more when they exhibit the same sorts of flaws that characterise humans. This makes some sense — after all, the notion of a perfect, all-knowing robot is the stuff of dystopian science fiction. But do you know what’s worse than a perfect, all-knowing…