Perhaps the future for human-robot coexistence is a lot friendlier than portrayals like I, Robot. Kacie Kinzer, a graduate student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, conducted an experiment with small, disposable robots to see if New Yorkers would help guide the lost little machines. Kinzer built her 10-inch Tweenbots out of cardboard and simple motorized chassis because she assumed they would be destroyed by careless pedestrians or stolen. Instead, people stopped in their tracks to assist the Tweenbots, which carried a small flag telling where they were headed. Some people redirected the robots when it was apparent they were going in the wrong direction, or helped them get free of obstacles, like park benches or potholes.