This is a cute social experiment- a robot that can only move foreward, traversing NYC


	This is a cute social experiment- a robot that can only move foreward, traversing NYC

reachingmydreams

4-12-2009 3:22 PM

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tweenbot, technology, robots, robot, social experiment, psychology

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4-12-2009 4:39 PM

Satchamo

And in New York City of all places! The place that made famous " in a New York minute."

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