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Information × Registration Number 2120U005357, Article popup.category Thesis Title popup.author popup.publication 01-01-2020 popup.source_user Сумський державний університет popup.source https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/77879 popup.publisher Sumy State University Description Sometimes humanoid-like robots or computer characters evoke fear. This is because we know that they are only created to look like people. For example: robot Sophia looks like a real person, but it can’t move naturally, it moves like a robot and sometimes it scares. This phenomenon is called "Uncanny Valley" and it was introduced in the 1970s by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. Mori loved designing robots and the more he learned, the more realistic his creatures looked. But he noticed that the simpler the robots were the more positive reaction they evoked but the more realistic or human-like they became, the more people got scared of them. popup.nrat_date 2025-05-12 Close