Amreen Ashraf, Lauren Connell-Whitney, and Olivia Prior

Synchrobots are randomly choreographed machines that attempt to move in synch with each other. The machine's receive commands to start and stop their wheels, and as well the pause in between movements. Even though the two machines receive the same commands, the differences in weight, shape, and environment can cause the robots to fall out of synch. The machines execute the commands as they travel across the room, sometimes bumping into each other or bumping into walls. The randomness of the movements creates a perceived intelligence, though there is none. The machines may nearly hit a wall but avoid it at the last second. This could be interpreted as sentient actions, but it is the human interpretation that places these anthropomorphic narratives upon the robots. The random synchronized movements create life in the machine’s by directing the robots in unexpected ways.