https://newatlas.com/furhat-robotics-social-communication-robot/57118/ > While a Westworld-ian future of lifelike humanoid robots may still be a long way away, the world of robotics in 2018 is at quite a fascinating point. AI voice assistants are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and large-scale robots are getting more and more dynamically mobile. However, bringing all these disparate elements together into a single advanced social robot we are comfortable communicating with is still one of the biggest hurdles facing roboticists. Generally, the robots are either weird little android toys that resemble sci-fi pets, or their attempts at being truly lifelike drop us into the creepy chasm of the uncanny valley.