Repliee Robot Reaches Uncanny Valley

The Repliee R-1 robot from at Osaka University is modeled on a 5 year old girl.
This robot definitely reaches the uncanny valley with it’s high creep factor.

This robot is part of the Actroid series of robots from Osaka University.

Link via (Gizmodo)

October 2, 2008 @ 7:02 am

Robot News

2 Comments

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   Comment by Frank:
   Thursday, October 2nd 2008 at 4:15 pm | 

   Just in time for Halloween!
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   Comment by rtc55:
   Thursday, October 2nd 2008 at 3:46 pm | 

   really creepy