Upending the uncanny valley

Authors:
David Hanson;Andrew Olney;Steve Prilliman;Eric Mathews;Marge Zielke;Derek Hammons;Raul Fernandez;Harry Stephanou
Affiliations:
Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...;Hanson Robotics Inc., Fedex Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute, and the University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX and Memphis, ...
Venue:
AAAI'05 Proceedings of the 20th national conference on Artificial intelligence - Volume 4
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Although robotics researchers commonly contend that robots should not look too humanlike, many artforms have successfully depicted people and have come to be accepted as great and important works, with examples such as Rodin's Thinker, Mary Cassat's infants, and Disney's Abe Lincoln simulacrum. Extending this tradition to intelligent robotics, the authors have depicted late sci-fi writer Philip K Dick with an autonomous, intelligent android. In doing so, the authors aspire to bring robotic systems up to the level of great art, while using the technology as a mirror for examining human nature in social AI development and cognitive science experiments.