Life-sized robot stars in new play

by Taylore Woods

UNC Communication Studies Professor Francesca Talenti has authored a play starring a Robothespian named Dummy. (Photo by Taylore Woods)
UNC Communication Studies Professor Francesca Talenti has authored a play starring a Robothespian named Dummy. (Photo by Taylore Woods)

Robots have been the stars of science fiction for the last 30 years.

No matter your age, you have to be familiar with our mechanical friends from maybe The Terminator, I, Robot, or WALL-E.

At UNC, one professor spent two years programming a robot to headline a new play, The Uncanny Valley.

Taylore Woods reports.

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