Publication details
Drony z Tajemného údolí
| Title in English | Drones from the Uncanny valley |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | During 1970s, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori created a concept of so-called Uncanny Valley, that he used to describe changing emotional response towards humanoid robots in respect to their degree of resemblance to humans. The most significant part of the curve of the Uncanny Valley is where sudden decrease in positive emotions occurs, that is when robot meets certain kind of similarity to human being. I propose to use this concept to grasp a similar situation in a case of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles. These vehicles are the source of emotional response in a way similar to those of humanoid robots, but as my argument suggests, it is because of the way how human being is absent in the system. The curve of the Uncanny Valley can thus be used for grasping of characteristic marks of human absence in robotic systems, and consequently for understanding societal relationships toward autonomous unmanned vehicles. This proposed theoretical framework can be then utilized as a ground for empirical research. |
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