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spif on July 23, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robot needs 50 tries to learn how to flip pancakes...

Interesting how the failures make it look eerily human. And it seems to me while watching that the robot becomes frustrated when failing. I know it's me projecting that, seems interesting to apply that to human interaction though. How much is projection and how much is real empathy.

wlievens on July 25, 2010 [–]

If you haven't yet, read up on the concept of the "Uncanny Valley". It's relevant to what you express here.

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