From "Blade Runner" to "Terminator," some of the most frightening movie villains have been androids-- robots that look and act human. What's so scary about these life-like machines? Japanese ...

Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro made a robot of himself so he could sit at home and have his lectures delivered from afar while giving students the impression ...

Spooky. Due to the Uncanny Valley theory most roboticists have shied away from making artificial limbs and other robotic devices that look too real. But there are some daring exceptions.

Halloween gives children the opportunity to celebrate and tame fearful figments of the imagination. Celebrants who play at spooky, scary, fantastical, or satirical portrayals strengthen their ...

Natalie Wolchover is a reporter for Simons Science News. She is on Twitter. Updated March 8, 2013, 10:46 AM Computer-generated imagery works great for background special effects. But applied to ...

Stephanie Lay, a Ph.D. student who researches the Uncanny Valley in the psychology department at the Open University, calls the scary figure a "near-human agent." ...

The viral "uncanny valley" makeup trend is taking over TikTok with more than 40 million views as creators are trying to spook their viewers with their scary good makeup skills.

Celebrants who play at spooky, scary, ... But when fun teeters over the edge and plunges into the frightful, disquieting uncanny valley, as clown-phobics will, play comes to an end. In 1841, ...