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11 April 2009

Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.
→[More:]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.

post by: rhapsodie at: 01:20 | 10 comments

It's amazing... I expected they'd be stolen or casually stomped along the way. Go robots!

posted by TheophileEscargot 11 April | 01:33

Cool beans!

posted by Specklet 11 April | 07:09

I like this a lot.

posted by gaspode 11 April | 08:05

[this is good]

posted by dg 11 April | 08:19

Robots powered by human empathy -- brill!

posted by NucleophilicAttack 11 April | 08:33

This makes me love NYC even more. I want to go live in a place where people-watching includes bystanders helping to push a little robot on in life.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 11 April | 08:39

posted by special-k 11 April | 11:12

love projects like these.

posted by special-k 11 April | 11:12

so cool!

posted by MonkeyButter 11 April | 19:43

Awesome! I probably would have followed it to it's destination to see what was going on.

posted by deborah 13 April | 00:10

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