The Uncanny Valley of human-robot interactions

The device named "Spark" flew high above the man on stage with his hands waving in the direction of the flying object. In a demonstration of DJI's newest drone, the audience marveled at the Coke can-sized device's most compelling feature: gesture controls. Instead of a traditional remote control, this flying selfie machine follows hand movements across the sky. Gestures are the most innate language of mammals, and including robots in our primal movements means we have reached a new milestone of co-existence. Madeline Gannon of Carnegie Mellon University is the designer of Mimus, a new gesture controlled robot featured in an art installation at The Design Museum in London, England.