"Tweenbots" Test NYC Pedestrian-Robot Relations

MBCook recommends Kacie Kinzer's tweenbots page, which documents some of her experiments with small, anthropomorphized robots that need help. Kinzer is writing a thesis (at the Center for the Recently Possible) centered around investigating whether people in New York City will help a cute little robot to get where it's going. "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."

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Re:this is off topic but..

[Quothz]

Why do new comments on stories go to the bottom of the list?

Because your preferences are set that way. It's the default for new accounts and cowards such as yourself. Create an account and set it to display as you like.

Re:Anyone else surprised...

[dogzilla]

This is a Sox vs. Yankees thing, isn't it? Are you guys still upset over not making it to the ALCS? I mean, as a Bostonian, I'd defend my city against the uncultured clouts to the south, but we have more important things to do right now, what with trying to fix the trashing of the world economy you New Yorkers perpetuated on us.