Swingbot

When I was little and my two sisters were big, I had what remains to this day the best form of transport I have encountered. They would walk along either side of me holding my hands and swing me forward, placing me on my feet and waiting until they had walked past me before swinging me again. "Swing me!" I would demand again and again, and dutiful sisters that they were they would swing me until their arms ached.

One terrible day I was told "You're too big for that now" and swinging was no more until years later I was the one doing the swinging and my son was the one going "Wheeee!!!". Now my son in his turn has had to be told "You're too big for that now", because I am about to dislocate my shoulder, but it got me thinking.

I would like to travel to work every day flanked by a pair of twelve foot high robots who would swing me merrily through central London. They would resemble something like a cross between Gort and Robosapien (love the stormtrooper white) and would probably walk with a gait similar to Asimo (proper walking robots are in development but quite unstable still). Naturally, their eyes would glow red.

Swing me! Swing me!