Category: uncanny valley

Samsung sheds light on its ‘artificial human’ project

Post author By Randall
Post date January 5, 2020
Categories In Ai, artificial human, Artificial Intelligence, ces2020, core r3, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, neon, personal computing, personalcomputing, pranav mistry, Robots, Samsung, Tech, uncanny valley, Video

[ad_1] A series of videos unearthed by Reddit users and compiled by Good Content (below) appears to offer more detail. In at least one case, Samsung appears to have captured an actor’s likeness and voice to use those as the starting point for a Neon avatar — the appearances and expressions are realistic because they’re […]

Why putting googly eyes on robots makes them inherently less threatening

Post author By Randall
Post date May 22, 2019
Categories In Ai, amrisha vaish, erin horowitz, giant foods, googly eyes, marty, mit, pawan sinha, princeton university, Robots, tamsin german, Tech, tomorrow, ucsb, uncanny valley, university of virginia

[ad_1] “As we approach the completion of the rollout, we continue to be pleased by the addition of Marty in our stores,” a Giant Food rep told Engadget via email. “Our associates are appreciative of the assistance Marty provides them, freeing them up to do other tasks and interact more with customers. Speaking of our […]