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Those eyes moved so naturally

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-10

Rohan Paul highlights AheadForm's Bionic robotic face for its naturally moving eyes that push against the uncanny valley, and speculates about combining it with XPeng's humanoid walker platform.

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Topics: humanoid-robotsrobotics-aestheticsuncanny-valley

Claims

  • AheadForm's Bionic robotic face achieves natural-looking eye movement that approaches the uncanny valley threshold.
  • XPeng has developed a fashion-model-like smooth-walking humanoid robot.
  • Combining AheadForm's facial expressiveness with XPeng's locomotion would produce a compelling humanoid robot platform.

Key quotes

Those eyes moved so naturally
AheadForm's Bionic face, pushing against the uncanny valley.
Imagine this face on XPeng's fashion-model-like smooth walker. That would go so hard.