Understanding the Uncanny: Both Atypical Features and Category Ambiguity Provoke Aversion toward Humanlike Robots
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01366
Abstract: Robots intended for social contexts are often designed with explicit humanlike attributes in order to facilitate their reception by (and communication with) people. However, observation of an “uncanny valley”—a phenomenon in which highly humanlike entities… read more here.
Keywords: provoke aversion; humanlike robots; uncanny valley; toward humanlike ... See more keywords