The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment told The Associated Press that someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair early Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks.
“Sadly, sadly it’s come to an end,” said Frauke Zeller, one of its co-creators.
The kid-size robot set out to travel cross-country after successfully hitchhiking across Canada in 26 days last year and parts of Europe. It’s immobile on its own, relying on the kindness of strangers. Those who picked it up often passed it to other travelers or left it where others might notice it.
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The City of Brotherly Love.....
ReplyDeleteNot surprising that someone in Philly would trash it.
ReplyDeleteSurely some camera caught video of it.
It would have been fascinating to have had a video camera in it to record it's interactions with people. I doubt it's "last" interaction, in Philly, would have been much of a surprise to anyone.
ReplyDeleteMore like the city of brotherly shove.
ReplyDeleteFigures, just another glimmering example of how we act here in the US. This robot made it across multiple countries but barely lasted a few hours here...
ReplyDeleteNot surprised. Philthydelphia!
ReplyDeleteAnd we get treated to a beach full of these lovely people every summer. If course the locals say think the worst same way about Marylanders in the OBX
ReplyDelete4:24 it was only one country and that was canada, if you really want to count it. As for the good people of philly trashing this robot. They did all you morons a favor. wait till the day these things are everywhere watching your every move! Amerika's new police force!
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