A Thesis on Robot Emotion

There’s one thing I’ve been debating for many years: should robots have mouths?

Let’s break this down a minute. Give it a mouth, and it always looks as if it’s about to speak something. (That could get creepy.) But then again, sometimes I think they should have mouths, as this would allow them to mimic human-like expressions, like clenching their teeth at the enemy. As you can see, I still haven’t made up my mind as to which is better.

I think about this whenever I look at the Ergo face (my Avenger ‘bot is using Ergo body).
Ergo

Lately, I tend to prefer having the parts of the face open when the robot activates so you can see the mouth.

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