Automatons: The Uncanny Valley, and our Halloween Prop (Videos)

Automaton: Part 1, the Uncanny Valley

A short description of automatons throughout the ages and their relationship to the Uncanny Valley hypothesis.

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Automaton: Part 2, Interactive Halloween Props

In this project, we are using an Arduino microcontroller to make an interactive Halloween decoration from a mask with color changing LED eyes and a distance sensor connected to a voice recorder/player module.