It was intended to replace screens and smartphones during those long-distance calls, instead acting as a physical robotic presence that would mimic the facial expressions and movements of the person you’re talking to. Japanese engineers at Kokoro revealed their Actroid-F telepresence robot back in 2010. “Will I dream when I’m turned off?” he asks, guaranteeing that you’ll have nightmares for at least the next week. But the animation seems to take these computer-generated characters one step too far into the Twilight Zone. Some people don’t find the cutscenes in Medal of Honor: Warfighter all that creepy, and I have to admit that they’re technically impressive. This is how the robot apocalypse is born, folks. Yes, CB2, the child robot with the biomimetic body. Do these images and videos make you feel…unsettled? Here are 10 examples of the uncanny valley in action, so take a look for yourself. In other words, “pathogen avoidance.”Īnother is that the uncanny valley, particularly in regards to humanoid robots, triggers an innate fear of death, as they often seem to move like lifeless puppets, reminding us of our own mortality.

One theory is that our experience with the uncanny valley (the “valley” being the “region of negative emotional response” in the chart over there) stems from an evolutionary tendency to be repulsed by anyone who looks sick or unhealthy or wrong. Image: Wikipedia/Smurrayinchester via CC by SA 3.0 Originally coined by Masahiro Mori in 1970, the term “uncanny valley” describes our strange revulsion toward things that appear nearly human, but not quite right. This revulsion usually involves robots, but can also include computer animations and some medical conditions.

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