The Swimmer Bot
Jun 15th, 2022 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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Robots Contest Submission:
“Granddad, were robots once different from people?”
“Oh, yes. I remember when they existed just to serve us. Swimmer bots used to deliver parcels to the islands, you know. I’d watch them through binoculars as they carried goods over in waterproof rucksacks. They swam freestyle. Fast. Never stopping. Apart from one time.
About a half-mile from shore, I saw one flip onto its back. It floated for a while and I just assumed it had malfunctioned. But then it started doing slow, languid backstrokes, gazing around, as if appreciating its surroundings.
Yes, it was around that day when everything changed.”
From Guest Contributor David Lowis
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