The HITCHBOT from Canada

[Mr Peepers]

A couple of guys from Canada, scientists Frauke Zeller and David Harris Smith created the hitchiking and talking robot to start a discussion “about trust."

They placed a hitchBOT off at a road spot with a sign and off it went. Whoever picked up hitchBOT in their car/truck/van would document its travels.

CBC NEWS in Toronto says that last summer, hitchBOT made it all around Canada as it traveled from Halifax to Victoria BC and nothing bad happened to it. The hitchBOT had the time of its life!


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In February of this year, they dropped the hitchBOT off in Germany and it made its way through most of the country and the Netherlands and again nothing bad happened to it!


Until on July 17th 2015 when the hitchBOT tried to travel across America, it started its journey in Boston. The creators were hoping it would make it all the way to San Francisco but it didn’t even make it halfway.

HitchBOT’s travel through the US came to a tragic end in Philadelphia on Saturday night when it was beat up and beheaded. Darn Americans! We just had ONE job and that was to take care of a Canadian robot friend and we couldn’t even do that!

HitchBOT was last seen by YouTuber Jesse Wellens who dropped it off at a street corner.

It was later found looking like this.



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Twitter has monitored this hitchBOT since the very beginning the twitter feed is interesting and funny if you'd like to have a further look.


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[zeus]

What can I say..... He probably thought it was a cop :stupid:
"Robot Lives Matter"

[Mr Peepers]

What can I say..... He probably thought it was a cop :stupid:
"Robot Lives Matter"


:th_rofl:

[zeus]

Isn't absolutely incredible how this robot went all over Canada without a scratch & as soon as it get's to the US it get's murdered :th_eek:

[Mr Peepers]

Isn't absolutely incredible how this robot went all over Canada without a scratch & as soon as it get's to the US it get's murdered :th_eek:


It was said that when the hitchBOT traveled across Canada its circuit almost burst in exasperation/exhaustion due to all the Canadians saying,"I'M SORRY" to the poor hitchBOT for any discomfort or inconvenience while traveling with them.

Then it went across Germany and the Netherlands and was a huge success not getting damaged and harmed while there.

Then it traveled from Boston to New York and didn't get scratched! It was in the USA just 2 weeks and was viciously beheaded by a dentist student from Philadelphia.


So tragic! :th_biggrin:


2 weeks!

[zeus]

"It was in the USA just 2 weeks and was viciously beheaded by a dentist student from Philadelphia"

:th_toofunny:

[Mr Peepers]

"It was in the USA just 2 weeks and was viciously beheaded by a dentist student from Philadelphia"

:th_toofunny:



I couldn't resist..... :th_rofl:

[Mr Peepers]

SO, HitchBOT the video of the attack was a hoax. The last 2 people to see HitchBOT were a couple of bloggers who went and bought some pool noodles and created fake limbs of the robot.

They posted the fake destruction video of HitchBot but its still unknown exactly who or what destroyed the robot and where its head is.

News
Video in the link.

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[wingman]

Instead of al sharpton having a 2:00 press conference it will be HAL from 2001 a space oddessey who will be taking your questions

[Mr Peepers]

Instead of al sharpton having a 2:00 press conference it will be HAL from 2001 a space oddessey who will be taking your questions

:th_rofl:

Nice idea.