Valentines Day Quiz: name the sexy robots
Being a Sci Fi geek can be lonely, so for Valentine’s Day here’s a little quiz.. Can you name these sexy robots? There is a theory, in robotics, called the “Uncanny Valley," which states that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like real humans, it causes a response of revulsion among people. We Humans have no problem if the robot looks like a mechanical device, as in the case of Robby from Forbidden Planet. But if the machine gets too real, it frightens us. when you start to cross the uncanny valley you must go all the way across. You can’t stop in the middle. Remember how creepy Polar Express was. The facsimile HAS to be perfect or it is horrific. So here is your quiz. Can you name what shows these “machines” are from. I am not going to make it easy, so don’t expect me to include Seven from Battlestar Galactica. I know what you are saying, “these girls don’t look like automatons.” But don’t be fooled. If you look deep into their eyes, y