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#275841 - 07/19/15 12:03 AM Hitchbot making his way to west coast
Roarmeister Offline
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Registered: 09/12/01
Posts: 960
Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada
I don't know if you have heard of this yet but last year the Canadian built "hitchbot" hitchhiked his way across Canada and he is now coming to a State near you. Basically it is a robot with a GPS, camera, solar power and a voice module with a little bit of intelligence. When people encounter the bot, he encourages them to pick him up and transport him towards his destination - ultimately San Francisco. But along the way, this bot also wants to strike off a few locales off his bucket list to see. His Bucket List

So if you encounter the friendly little fella, please help him out.

He is socially aware - follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hitchbot
and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitchbot
and on Instagram: https://instagram.com/hitchbot/?hl=en
and his own website: https://twitter.com/hitchBOT/status/619606764627980288/photo/1

http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1431174/canadian-hitchbot-begins-road-trip-across-the-u-s/

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#276179 - 08/11/15 09:03 AM Re: Hitchbot making his way to west coast [Re: Roarmeister]
Phaedrus Offline
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Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
Yikes! Looks like Hitchbot ran into a bad crowd! eek
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#276182 - 08/11/15 07:11 PM Re: Hitchbot making his way to west coast [Re: Phaedrus]
Roarmeister Offline
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Registered: 09/12/01
Posts: 960
Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada
Yeah, Philly - city of brotherly love; just not robot love!

I heard they retrieved what was left of the robot but hadn't decided if they wanted to continue the exercise in the US. I guess their goal of seeing how people would interact with a robot took a negative twist and not something they expected. It traveled across Canada and Germany and a few other areas but met its match with some hoodlums. (But seriously, this could have happened anywhere and isn't necessarily a black eye on Americans in general).

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#276184 - 08/11/15 07:32 PM Re: Hitchbot making his way to west coast [Re: Roarmeister]
Mark_R Offline
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 863
Loc: Southern California
NBC reported that the remains were found in the Old City part of Philly. It's a pretty good neighborhood from what I hear. Go figure.
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#276353 - 08/25/15 08:21 AM Re: Hitchbot making his way to west coast [Re: Roarmeister]
digimark Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 01/28/07
Posts: 70
Loc: Chesapeake Beach, MD
Frustrating. It only takes one, or a few, to bring us all down. It could have happened anywhere but it happened here. At least Hitchbot had a grand journey on its way to its early demise.

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