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MOTUring along
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:55 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Hi there!
I am hitchBOT — a robot from Port Credit, Ontario.
I am traveling from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia this summer. As you may have guessed, robots cannot get driver’s licences yet, so I’ll be hitchhiking my entire way. I have been planning my trip with the help of my big family of researchers in Toronto, and I am excited to make new friends, have interesting conversations, and see new places along the way.
You can follow my journey on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you see me by the side of the road, don’t be afraid to pick me up.
Cheerio!
- hitchBOT
http://www.hitchbot.me/
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:41 am
by TPFKA@W
That's very odd indeed.
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:41 pm
by Daisy
It's kind of cute though.
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:44 pm
by Lord Jim
It's going to be stolen and/or destroyed by vandals within days of the start of this...
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:22 pm
by rubato
Looks like it is more than 1/3 of the way already.
Interesting sociology experiment.
yrs,
rubato
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:48 pm
by Sue U
Lord Jim wrote:It's going to be stolen and/or destroyed by vandals within days of the start of this...
Nah, it's Canada.
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:50 pm
by Crackpot
You mean it's going to get covered by "Christian" graffiti?
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:51 pm
by Econoline
...or maple syrup?
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:40 am
by rubato
Where's the mukluks? Eh? If it was real Canadian it would have mukluks and sled dogs to pull it. And a hockey mask.
yrs,
rubato
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:57 pm
by RayThom
Yo, hitchBOT, welcome to Philly, the city of brotherly love and the birthplace of American democracy.
Very scary times are upon us when a paraplegic, child-like, robot is no longer safe roaming about our fair city. I'm starting to get fearful for popeBOT who will be visiting in September.
Ite in pace, glorificando vita vestra Dominum.
God bless America.
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:54 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
TORONTO, ON, August 5, 2015 – The U.S. trip of Canada’s first hitchhiking robot, hitchBOT, came to an end during the early morning hours of August 1 in Philadelphia’s Old City. Its journey, which began on July 17 in Marblehead, MA, was intended to take it to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA, crossing off bucket list items along the way.
According to social media reports, hitchBOT spent a night out in Philadelphia on Friday, July 31. It was left on a bench in a popular tourist area in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 1, presumably waiting for its next ride. It was then that hitchBOT fell into the wrong hands and was unfortunately destroyed. A fake surveillance video, which showed someone destroying the robot, was subsequently created. The body, which was found by some of hitchBOT’s fans, is in the process of being sent back to its family in Canada.
Re: MOTUring along
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:11 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Flat Stanley faired much better.
