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Robots! Be like Buddha! Why we think Wall-E and BB8 are cute and fortune teller robots are creepy.

Author: Tech, R. P. G.
Published in: Digital Society Blog
Year: 2016
Type: Other publications

Have you ever noticed that some robots look super cute while others look incredibly creepy? Imagine, for example, Wall-E of the same-titled movie: Eyes that look like binoculars, no face, box-shaped body, and clamps for hands. While that sounds scary at first, the robot is a loveable character and generates almost instant empathy.

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