Robots and Us

Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about an interesting experiment involving people and robots in NYC.

This is probably the best idea ever. Not only does it exemplify disposable tech, it’s also incredibly amusing.

Tweenbots is a project by Tisch ITP students at NYU . The idea behind the project is to examine people’s relationships to space and how they interact with what they find there. Armed with a cardboard covered robot and a video camera the experiment is pretty excellent.

The web site has the cutest video of the little robot in Washington Square park and shows both the great people who help it along and the wary people who take a step away. The trick is the robot can only move forwards and absolutely depends on the help of strangers to get to its destination, the other side of the park.

Due to the unanticipated success of the first project other tweenbot scenarios are under development, including other traveling bots and a few that are left about the city with “family” phone numbers to call if they are found. I’d help out if I lived in New York City, I only wish I was capable enough to build my own robot in the first place.
Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about an interesting experiment involving people and robots in NYC.

This is probably the best idea ever. Not only does it exemplify disposable tech, it’s also incredibly amusing.

Tweenbots is a project by Tisch ITP students at NYU . The idea behind the project is to examine people’s relationships to space and how they interact with what they find there. Armed with a cardboard covered robot and a video camera the experiment is pretty excellent.

The web site has the cutest video of the little robot in Washington Square park and shows both the great people who help it along and the wary people who take a step away. The trick is the robot can only move forwards and absolutely depends on the help of strangers to get to its destination, the other side of the park.

Due to the unanticipated success of the first project other tweenbot scenarios are under development, including other traveling bots and a few that are left about the city with “family” phone numbers to call if they are found. I’d help out if I lived in New York City, I only wish I was capable enough to build my own robot in the first place.