Tweenbots

This link was sent to me from my friend, Melissa (Mel), thinking that I would love it. Which I indeed to. "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." What I particularly love is that "often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the “right” direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, "You can’t go that way, it’s toward the road.” I am not sure if this just appeals to my heart because I love all things that fall into the category of "Kawai-ness" or if its because I tend to personify all things in my life from my bike to the plants on my window sill. But regardless, I think that many people have this same tendency, given people's responses to the Tweenbot project. Which gives me hope that New York City is not as cut throat and intimidating as people would like to think it is.