Tweenbots are small robots that depend on the kindness of strangers to get where they are going. Kinzer sent Tweenbot Sam on missions in Washington Square Park in New York City, armed only with a flag asking that it be pointed toward a particular destination. She expected that Sam would be crushed, lost, or thrown away, but, she observed, every time the robot got caught under a park bench, ground futilely against a curb, or became trapped in a pothole, some passerby would always rescue it and send it toward its goal.”
Gallery label from Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design, September 10, 2022–July 16, 2023