The Uncanny Valley [From the Field]

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.

• Publication date

  2012-06-06

• Fields of study

  Art, Computer Science, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1109/MRA.2012.2192811
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