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tweenbots: A human social experiment

The coolest thing I've seen on the web in a while

         

bakedjake

7:16 pm on Apr 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.

The results were unexpected. Over the course of the following months, throughout numerous missions, the Tweenbots were successful in rolling from their start point to their far-away destination assisted only by strangers. Every time the robot got caught under a park bench, ground futilely against a curb, or became trapped in a pothole, some passerby would always rescue it and send it toward its goal. Never once was a Tweenbot lost or damaged.

tweenbots [tweenbots.com]

Propools

9:29 pm on Apr 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

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That's so cool. Kinda reminds me of web-bots, needing a little re-direction from time to time that is; Robots.txt, NOFOLLOW & all of that. Hee-Hee.

LifeinAsia

9:49 pm on Apr 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Interesting. When a real person asks for help in New York, they're usually brushed off. :)