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Not really. You run into the uncanny valley phenomenon if you make them too human like.
I think The Culture by Iain Banks has a good way for robots to show emotion. They use color instead. Make sure the colors are standard and it will work fine.
That's why I wrote "features of a human-like face" (like Q3PO in Star Wars), not a look-alike copy with "skin" (like Data in Star Treck NG or the one in the article).
Hey, don't you dare speaking bad about my childhood friend. Data is a treasure and I love him!
AND HE'S FULLY FUNCTIONAL!!! 😭
I like him either. For the lack of examples, he's just the first example of an android with skin that came into my mind. Yet, despite he's a robot, he's probably too sympathic to trigger the uncanny valley phenomenon.
After thinking about that for a while, Zuck might have been the better example.
Yeah he creeps me out.