Uncanny Valley


Uncanny Valley:
 The concept of the uncanny valley suggests humanoid objects which appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings elicit uncanny, or strangely familiar, feelings of eeriness and revulsion in observers.


Great examples of  Humanoids that fall into the Uncanny Valley  are Modern humanoid A.I robots.
These robots are built to look Human but lack the emotional responses we identify when we communicate with one another.

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