A research team from Osaka University has created a technology enabling androids to dynamically convey mood states like "excited" or "sleepy" by generating facial movements modeled as overlapping, ...

This very gap—being close to human but not quite—is what causes the sense of unease, and it’s referred to as the “uncanny valley.” But what is it about the almost-but-not-quite human ...

NMWA's large-scale presentation, 'Uncanny,' is the first to approach the psychological concept in art through a feminist lens ...

You pause and smile, a flicker of connection sparking before your mind catches up: it's not a person on the other end.

Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori described the danger of making computer generated voices too indistinguishable from humans as the “uncanny valley.” Mori cautioned inventors from building robots that ...

Aria, the AI robot companion with uncanny human-like expressions. In a scene straight out of sci-fi movie, Her, a US-based tech company has launched an AI robot that can act as a companion while ...