A new interpretation of Mori's uncanny valley for future humanoid robots

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Tondu, Bertrand ^a   Bardou, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Humanoid robots; Social robots; Uncanny valley

Indexed keywords

BALANCE DEGREE; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; GRAPH IMAGE; GRAPH-BASED; HUMAN BEING; HUMANOID ROBOT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ROBOTS; TASK DEPENDENCIES; TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; UNCANNY EFFECT; UNCANNY VALLEY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BIOMIMETICS; TOPOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 79960627578     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/Journal.206.2011.3.206-3348     Document Type: Article

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