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This Chinese farmer is a robotics enthusiast in his spare time…He uses spare parts and leftovers…

Watch from the 2:20 min mark, when it goes from analyzing to solving.

Advancements in robotics are taking us ever-closer to what roboticist Masahiro Mori termed the “Uncanny Valley” in 1970; the idea’s that you don’t want your robot to be an unconvincing, awkward imitation-human, but you don’t want it to be too convincing either. The theory states that the more a robot becomes humanlike in its appearance […]