Phase one of the AHRC Mascot Robot project, scheduled to last one year, attempts to build a rolling robot platform for the purpose of raising intrest in robotics, our club, and our club member's talents.
This one clearly looks dog-like. There is a concept in the "robot design" school of thought, that as the robot design approaches the appearance of a real human (or animal), the resistance to interacting drops off precipitously, then spikes even higher still (to the point of revulsion) as the resemblance becomes almost indistinguishable from the real thing. This "uncanny vally" is the "sweet spot".
Appearently, a design should look sort of like something familiar, but not "too" much like it or it becomes "scary".
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This one clearly looks dog-like. There is a concept in the "robot design" school of thought, that as the robot design approaches the appearance of a real human (or animal), the resistance to interacting drops off precipitously, then spikes even higher still (to the point of revulsion) as the resemblance becomes almost indistinguishable from the real thing. This "uncanny vally" is the "sweet spot".
Appearently, a design should look sort of like something familiar, but not "too" much like it or it becomes "scary".
keith
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