Bandito
08-02-2015, 11:37 PM
A hitchhiking robot named hitchBOT set off on a cross-country journey two weeks ago, starting in Boston. It successfully made it through the rough-and-tumble streets of Beantown, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City, only to get completely torn apart in Philadelphia.
It completed a successful 26-day journey in 2014 in which it “traveled over 10,000 km from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia.” Then in early 2015, hitchBOT moved onto a 10-day German adventure, followed by a three-week jaunt in the Netherlands.
Three countries. Zero incidents. But once hitchBOT made it stateside, it didn’t even make it past the Mason-Dixon line before getting the wiring kicked out of him.
The family who created hitchBOT also shared a message of regret about how things went down on its American tour:
hitchBOT’s trip came to an end last night in Philadelphia after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City. Unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots. We know that many of hitchBOT’s fans will be disappointed, but we want them to be assured that this great experiment is not over. For now we will focus on the question “what can be learned from this?” and explore future adventures for robots and humans.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site333/2015/0717/20150717__USHitchhikingRobot~1.jpg (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/famous-hitchhiking-robot-gets-ripped-apart-in-philadelphia/ar-BBlkVJU?ocid=spartandhp)
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USA USA USA!!!!!
:party:
It completed a successful 26-day journey in 2014 in which it “traveled over 10,000 km from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia.” Then in early 2015, hitchBOT moved onto a 10-day German adventure, followed by a three-week jaunt in the Netherlands.
Three countries. Zero incidents. But once hitchBOT made it stateside, it didn’t even make it past the Mason-Dixon line before getting the wiring kicked out of him.
The family who created hitchBOT also shared a message of regret about how things went down on its American tour:
hitchBOT’s trip came to an end last night in Philadelphia after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City. Unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots. We know that many of hitchBOT’s fans will be disappointed, but we want them to be assured that this great experiment is not over. For now we will focus on the question “what can be learned from this?” and explore future adventures for robots and humans.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site333/2015/0717/20150717__USHitchhikingRobot~1.jpg (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/famous-hitchhiking-robot-gets-ripped-apart-in-philadelphia/ar-BBlkVJU?ocid=spartandhp)
Click pic for original source
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
USA USA USA!!!!!
:party: