the uncanny valley : Masahiro Mori (森 政弘, Mori Masahiro, 1927 – 12 January 2025) 

Masahiro Mori (森 政弘, Mori Masahiro, 1927 – 12 January 2025) was a Japanese roboticist noted for his pioneering work in the fields of robotics and automation, his research achievements in humans’ emotional responses to non-human entities, as well as for his views on religion. The ASIMO robot was designed by one of Masahiro’s students. In 1970, Mori published “Bukimi No Tani” (不気味の谷 The Uncanny Valley) in Energy. The article forwarded…

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