US:| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | perturbante |
| hollanti | griezelig, mysterieus |
| italia | strano, sinistro, curioso, bizzarro, inquietante, angosciante, sconcertante, perturbante |
| japani | 不気味な (bukimi-na / ぶきみな, bukimi na), 怪しい (ayashī) |
| portugali | estranho |
| ranska | déroutant, déroutante, négligent |
| saksa | unheimlich, unheimliche |
| suomi | outo, hämmästyttävä, kammottava |
| tšekki | tajemný, zvláštní, podivný, záhadný, zlověstný, tajuplný |
| venäjä | сверхъесте́ственный (sverhjestéstvennyi), жу́ткий (žútki) |
| Komparatiivi | uncannier |
| Superlatiivi | uncanniest |
Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
Hypothesized emotional response of human subjects is plotted against anthropomorphism of a robot, following roboticist Masahiro Mori's theory of the uncanny. The uncanny valley is the region of negative emotional response towards robots that seem "almost human". Movement amplifies the emotional response.
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.
Repliee Q2 is a lifelike robot developed at Osaka University, often named as an example of the uncanny valley due to its similarity to humans, even replicating functions like blinking, breathing and speaking.