What is Masahiro Mori?
{{Nihongo|'''Masahiro Mori'''|森 政弘|Mori Masahiro|1927 – 12 January 2025}} was a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[engineer]] who built a lot of [[Robot|robots]]. He and his students built [[Honda|Honda’s]] robot called [[Asimo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asahi.com/english/lifestyle/TKY200310180131.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040412001614/http://www.asahi.com/english/lifestyle/TKY200310180131.html |archivedate=12 April 2004 |title=MAN AND MACHINE: Robot gladiators give their makers an emotional charge}}</ref> == The Uncanny Valley == Masahiro Mori, based on [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]]’s ideas about [[Uncanny|The Uncanny]] came up with the idea of [[The Uncanny Valley]] which is that the more robots look like people, the more the small differences will make them look creepy. == Thoughts on Religion == In 1974, Mori wrote a book about why he believed it was possible for robots to become [[Buddha|Buddhas]]. ==Death== Mori died on 12 January 2025, at the age of 97.<ref>[https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2025012001012&g=obt 森政弘さん死去 東京工業大名誉教授・ロボット工学] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Masahiro}} [[Category:Japanese engineers]] [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2025 deaths]]