http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/03/07/most-realistic-android-yet-have-we-passed-the-bottom-of-the-uncanny-valley/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/03/07/most-realistic-android-yet-have-we-passed-the-bottom-of-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-24547 Bicycle Bill Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:15:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16581#comment-24547 Correct about the movement, but it looks no worse than some of the mimes and comics I've seen with their interpretations of robotic movement — think Shields and Yarnell, for example. And that open-mouthed, wide-eyed expression at approximately 17 seconds in looks like it was lifted straight out of one of George Carlin's performances. Correct about the movement, but it looks no worse than some of the mimes and comics I’ve seen with their interpretations of robotic movement — think Shields and Yarnell, for example. And that open-mouthed, wide-eyed expression at approximately 17 seconds in looks like it was lifted straight out of one of George Carlin’s performances.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/03/07/most-realistic-android-yet-have-we-passed-the-bottom-of-the-uncanny-valley/#comment-24546 hat_eater Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:44:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=16581#comment-24546 We're right in the middle of the uncanny valley, it moves about as naturally as the frog legs of Monsignore Galvani. On the other hand, from the middle of the valley the way goes up. Oh, and it's just a mechanical test, I guess it looks better when it's controlled by Professor Scharfe. But then it's just an elaborate, electromechanical mask. A great achievement to be sure, but the biggest challenge is not the hardware, it's the software. We’re right in the middle of the uncanny valley, it moves about as naturally as the frog legs of Monsignore Galvani. On the other hand, from the middle of the valley the way goes up.
Oh, and it’s just a mechanical test, I guess it looks better when it’s controlled by Professor Scharfe. But then it’s just an elaborate, electromechanical mask. A great achievement to be sure, but the biggest challenge is not the hardware, it’s the software.

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