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Some robots such as Actroid (developed in 2003) and Auriga (developed in 2011) are designed to resemble humans so that people will find it easier to interact with them. To that end, certain features such as bipedal locomotion can help to people's feelings of comfort, but a robot that looks too human can fall into the "uncanny valley," meaning that its appearance unintentionally unsettles those who encounter it.