A new robot is born in New York. This robot, named Tweenbots which is made of cardboard and has height of 10 inches, is created especially as a pedestrian that is dependent on human because it navigates the roads of the city where it walks around with the help of pedestrians that it meets.
Tweenbots can roll at a constant speed and in a straight line. Its destination is displayed on a flag and it relies on people that it meets. The people will read this flag and to aim the robot in the right direction to reach its target.
This robot is very vulnerable, mainly considering that it walks in a vast city with busy traffic and possibility that no one will help little robot that is lost in the city. It is vulnerable because it is built with minimal technology and is easy to bump and fall on the road when it rolls. But Tweenbots has been successful in rolling from their starting point to its far destination assisted only by strangers. When the robot stumbles and falls or becomes trapped in a thole, a passerby will always help it and sends it to its destination.
Source: Tweenbots.
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