This page does serious Infocult work in aggregating seven examples of creepy robots. Specifically, each of these tries hard to imitate the human form. And fails right through the uncanny valley.
Unfortunately, when you see it in action, what you get is less “cheerful hotel clerk” and more “slack-eyed corpse puppet”.
Han is a good example. Please click this YouTube link, as the owner disabled embeds; you won't be disappointed. Or watch this terrifying yet goofy installation:
Infocult has taken note of several of these already, naturally, including the severed yet speaking mouth, the terrifying child-bot, and the monstrous hug-bot.
(thanks to Geekymom on Twitter)
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