Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley: Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley is a principle of robotics concerning the emotional response of humans to robots and other non-human entities. It was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Uncanny Valley - The Uncanny Valley In Film
Although originally resulting from experimental data and applied only to robotics, the principle has been applied to computer animation c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Uncanny Valley - The Significance Of The Uncanny
In the familiarity graph above, a healthy person is at the top of the second peak. And when we die, we fall into the trough of the uncann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropopathy: Encyclopedia - Anthropopathy
Anthropopathy (Greek ανθρωπος, anthropos, "human", παθος, pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotion to a non-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphobia: Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphobia
Anthropomorphobia is the fear of acknowledging in nonhumans qualities we wish to consider only human. Anthropomorphobia is traditionally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Religions And Mythologies
In religion and mythology, "anthropomorphism" refers to the attribution of a human body or of human qualities generally, to God or the go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Rhetoric
Anthropomorphism in the form of personification consists of creating imaginary persons who are the embodiment of an abstraction such as D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Literature
Anthropomorphism is a well established device in literature, notably in books for children, such as those by C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - Common Usage
It is a common tendency for people to think of inanimate objects as having human-like characteristics. Few, if any people, believe this t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Religions And Mythologies
In religion and mythology, "anthropomorphism" refers to the attribution of a human body or of human qualities generally, to a divine bein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - Opposite View
While anthropomorphism is the practice of giving animals human qualities, Zoomorphism is the practice of giving humans animal qualities. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Rhetoric
Anthropomorphism in the form of personification consists of creating imaginary persons who are the embodiment of an abstraction such as D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - In Literature
Anthropomorphism is a well established device in literature, notably in books for children, such as those by C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - Common Usage
It is a common tendency for people to think of inanimate objects as having human-like characteristics. Few, if any people, believe this t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthropomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthropomorphism - Opposite View
While anthropomorphism is the practice of giving animals human qualities, Zoomorphism is the practice of giving humans animal qualities. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Overview
A robot may include a feedback-driven connection between sense and action, not under direct human control, although it may have a human o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - L
L'Arc~en~Ciel, La Blue Girl, La Perouse Strait, Lacqerware, Lafcadio Hearn, Lake Biwa, Lake Hylia, Lakitu, Lan Di, Lansing-Ishii Agreemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Polar Express: Encyclopedia Ii - The Polar Express - The Film
The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is entirely computer animated using a novel technology called performance capture to provide natur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Robotics
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, robotics is the science or study of the technology associated with the design, constructio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Contemporary Uses Of Robots
Robots are used to do tasks that are too dull, dirty, or dangerous for humans. Industrial robots used in manufacturing lines used to be t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Literary History
The word robot comes from the Czech robota meaning "drudgery." Robotník was used in the 1600's to classify Czech tenant-farmers. A robot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - History
The idea of artificial people dates at least as far back as the ancient legend of Cadmus, who sowed dragon teeth that turned into soldier...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Current Developments
When roboticists first attempted to mimic human and animal gaits, they discovered that it was incredibly difficult; requiring more comput...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Robot Competitions
Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), created the world's leading high school robotic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Robotics
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, robotics is the science or study of the technology associated with the design, constructio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Literary History
The word robot comes from the word robota meaning "drudgery" in Czech and "work" in Slovak. The word robot was first used in its modern s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Possible Dangers
The concern that robots might displace or compete with humans is common. In his I, Robot series, Isaac Asimov created the Three Laws of R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Robot Competitions
Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST, created a competitive forum that inspires in young people, their schools and communities an appreciation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Future Prospects
Some scientists believe that robots will be able to approximate human-like intelligence in the first half of the 21st century. Even befor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - O
Oasa, Hiroshima, Obaku (school of Buddhism), Obama, Obanazawa, Obara, Aichi, Obata, Mie, Obatake, Yamaguchi, Obelisk the Tormentor, Obihi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - R
R-Type, Rabaul, Radar Scope, Radical (Chinese character), Radical Dreamers, Raditz, Raicho, Raichu, Raiden, Raiju, Railway Construction A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - P
Pac-Man, Pachinko, Pacific League, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Overtures, Pacific Theater of Operations, Pacific War, Paint by numbers, Pan (D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - N
N-Jammer Canceller, Nabari, Nabemono, Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Nadasaki, Okayama, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Naga District, Mie, Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - M
Maaya Sakamoto, Mabi, Okayama, Maborosi, Machida, Machiko Soga, Macross Plus, Macross Seven, Maebaru, Fukuoka, Maebashi, Gunma, Maeda Tos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Polar Express: Encyclopedia Ii - The Polar Express - Characters
Other than Santa Claus, the names of the characters are not revealed. The names below are taken from the credits. Hero Boy is the main 8-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - S
S-VHS, Saba District, Yamaguchi, Sabae, Saber Marionette, Saburo Kitajima, Saburo Sakai, Sacred Forest Meadow, Sada Abe, Sada, Shimane, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Polar Express: Encyclopedia Ii - The Polar Express - The Book
The book (ISBN 0862641438) was written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, a former professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - T
Tabi, Table of Fire Emblem characters, Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Tachi, Tachiarai, Fukuoka, Tachibana Minoru, Tachibana, Fukuoka, Tachibana, Yam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - Y
Yabakei, Oita, Yabe, Fukuoka, Yabe, Kumamoto, Yachimata, Chiba, Yachiyo, Chiba, Yachiyo, Hyogo, Yaeyama, Okinawa, Yagi antenna, Yagi Juki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japan-related Topics L-z - U
Ube, Yamaguchi, Ubuyama, Kumamoto, Uchi-deshi, Uchiko, Ehime, Uchimura Kanzo, Uchinomi, Kagawa, Uchinoura, Kagoshima, Uchita, Wakayama, U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Uncanny Valley - Valley Of Familiarity
There are mathematical functions of the form y = f(x) for which the value of y increases (or decreases) continuously with the value of x....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uncanny Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Uncanny Valley - Effects Of Movement
For creatures, including robots, movement is generally a sign of life. As shown in the figure above, adding movement changes the shape of...   » Read the article