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Robot as Humanoid

Command Line Heroes

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Can a Robot Be Too Human?

Aose sugato believes a commercial version of his 21 robot will be available by the year 20 50, which is good timing. It's projected that a full third of japan's population will be senior citizens by then. Humanoid robots are shaped like us and built to a human scale with a functional waist and arms and hands. But can a robot be too human? In 19 70, the same year that waboto was taking those first steps, a warning was being sounded elsewhere. A theory called the uncanny valley. The basic idea is a clunky robot like waboto might charm us, but if it ever got to the point of being almost human, we'd be

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