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gonewilder"Tweenbots"
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Emile HoogeHuman-dependent cardboard robots navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter http://t.co/L2bepO9j :-)
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Alison SThe artist let loose little robots that can only travel in straight lines into NYC. They require strangers to move them in the correct direction, and somewhat surprisingly all made it to their destinations.
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Lisa M LaneTweenbots 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.
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pet hypothesisMost darling experimental art project ever. Helpless cardboard robots!
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Lyn Jefferyleaving little baby robots in the wild of NYC and seeing how people interact with them
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Awareness in ActionIn New York, we are very occupied with getting from one place to another. I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to intera
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Alain DepocasTweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.
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Frank AldershoffSmall, simple robots ask to be pinted in the right direction
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F HTweenbots 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
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Rodrigo de OliveiraTweenbots 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
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Carl at_EHUHuman reactions to robotic creatures
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Ramen PDQPeople help guide an adorable little robot to its intended destination.
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Mike SpieringIncredible art/experiment where human dependent robots were released in the city relying on strangers to help them reach their destination safely. And they did.
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Hapax LegomenaWould strangers help a little cardboard robot make its way through New York City?
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Adam Crowe'Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.' -- It's a Robot-Japanese Tourist!
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Marg WilkinsonTweenbots 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
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In New York, we are very occupied with getting from one place to another. I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to interact with what we find in it? More importantly, how could our actions be seen within a larger context of human connection that emerges from the complexity of the city itself? To answer these questions, I built robots.
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.
Given their extreme vulnerability, the vastness of city space, the dangers posed by traffic, suspicion of terrorism, and the possibility that no one would be interested in helping a lost little robot, I initially conceived the Tweenbots as disposable creatures which were more likely to struggle and die in the city than to reach their destination. Because I built them with minimal technology, I had no way of tracking the Tweenbot’s progress, and so I set out on the first test with a video camera hidden in my purse. I placed the Tweenbot down on the sidewalk, and walked far enough away that I would not be observed as the Tweenbot––a smiling 10-inch tall cardboard missionary––bumped along towards his inevitable fate.
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Daniel AndrlikThis is a very interesting social experiment being conducted where cute little robots are sent on a mission to reach a certain location, but are dependent on assistance from the strangers they encounter on the way. The reactions people have to the Tweenbots say a lot about us.
From the article:
>The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative that spoke not simply to the vastness of city space and to the journey of a human-assisted robot, but also to the power of a simple technological object to create a complex network powered by human intelligence and asynchronous interactions. But of more interest to me was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object.
Go read the article and watch the surveillance footage (available at the site) of Tweenbots attempting to make their way through the crowds.-
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.”
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The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative that spoke not simply to the vastness of city space and to the journey of a human-assisted robot, but also to the power of a simple technological object to create a complex network powered by human intelligence and asynchronous interactions. But of more interest to me was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object.
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