http://www.tweenbots.com/

Saw this link somewhere on facebook. The robot's cute haha:D When i was doing robotics, it never dawned on me how impactful robots could be in people's life. Now that i saw this article apparently, a thesis paper that someone in the university is doing, it just amazes me.

But of more interest to me was 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.

Quoted and feel it kind of relates to us, as in as individuals in the society. Perhaps, having the same empathy for the same lost soul that we may find in the society and giving them a helping hand. Just like how someone got injured for example, or maybe the common ones like helping the handicapped and stuff. For me to describe them as lost souls maybe slightly ridiculous but it's just a way of like relating. So no offence to them. Of course, i'm not saying they are anthropomorphized objects. So i really admire this willingness to help if the robot in this case is a human being instead.

Thinking back, yesterday was a blast. We got last for the hwa chong cup contract bridge compeition.__. I feel damn bad, causing the 2 seniors to lose larh D: Due to my incapability to attend training, thanks to -cough cough-. Of course, i'm not blaming them for these, but still. I'm thinking of quitting SGC, just maybe, cause i haven't been able to really attend the trainings by the coach (whom i really admire). Or maybe i might wanna fight for weds off for MRC. Well well, whichever the case is, i still don't have a fixed partner yet in bridge, so that's another reason for me not to stay on i guess.

It's a long week ahead, with many events to do, though i'm not even sure what i'm gonna do but i just know it's gonna be tough. Please, I hope You'll get me by this week cause by just acknowledging your existence in lectures, i'm able to tell myself to press on, so do i hope the same thing will happen to you. Turning 17 in a week's time, enjoying what's left of my sweet 16 i guess. And trying to get past the haunting year 16 of my life. I hope this love don't just end like how the last one did. Or maybe it's just a hot and cold infatuation i'm talking about.

Labels: Robots