Masahiro Mori

was a Japanese engineer who built a lot of robots. He and his students built Honda’s robot called Asimo.

 The Uncanny Valley 
Masahiro Mori, based on Freud’s ideas about 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 Buddhas. 

Death
Mori died on 12 January 2025, at the age of 97.森政弘さん死去　東京工業大名誉教授・ロボット工学  

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Category:Japanese engineers
Category:1927 births
Category:2025 deaths