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Robots: Is the Uncanny Valley Real?


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Robot uncanny valley

The uncanny valley concept states that we are unsettled by robots and models that look almost, but not quite human.

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Mick Walters opens a door in his lab and points his computer's camera towards the small, blurry, tan-coloured object he has just revealed. "This is Kaspar Two," he says.

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