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Robots Confirm that New York is a Friendly Place

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Kacie Kinzer’s human-robot interaction project, Tweenbots, is a brilliant combination of sharp theory, smart questions, and engaging (nay, supercute!) implementation.

“…The fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object. The journey the Tweenbots take each time they are released in the city becomes a story of people’s willingness to engage with a creature that mirrors human characteristics of vulnerability, of being lost, and of having intention without the means of achieving its goal alone.”

I love this exploration of human-robot interaction.  I also love that it proves, once again, that this place is a friendly place.  (Yes, New Yorkers might tell you what they think you need to know, even if it’s not what you really need to know.  It comes from the heart…)

Tweenbots!

Written by Tammy

April 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm

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