Betabots 20884A and 20884B.

Together they require at least two observer-interactors to inter-communicate.

It’s a bit of a puzzle for Observers to figure out the 20884’s operation. Depress A’s button alone, and you will only hear A’s “Ready” sound. Depress B’s button alone, and you will hear nothing. Nothing will happen at all. But if you depress B’s button while another observer is depressing A’s button from across the street, a successful signal will be sent, and a “Hit” will be registered by 20884A.

To solve the “puzzle” of the 20884’s operation, typically two observers are required. However, during lab testing, one particularly clever lab assistant managed to operate both 20884 A and B all by themselves. They achieved this by weighting down A’s button with their removed shoe, and then by moving across the lab to press B’s button. That’s when something very strange developed. It was almost as though 20884A sensed what had happened, and seemed to take offence to this “foul play”- despite the lack of any sensory equipment that could possibly reveal the shoe that was placed on it’s button to itself. Nevertheless, ever since this time, after a series of hits are registered, 20884A demonstrates it’s unwillingness to continue by emitting a klaxon and refusing to register any further hits until its button has been released and depressed again, we assume, to demonstrate that a true observer is participating in good faith, and that the “observer” is not a shoe placed overtop of its button.

Betabots continue to confound us and act in their typical non-predicative way.

Field testing should yield some very interesting observations of the Betabots, and also, of any Observers who choose to interact with the 20884’s. Very interesting observations indeed.

Field operation footage: