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A hitchhiking robot designed as a social experiment, that safely hitched through several European countries and Canada, has been destroyed early into its US journey.
Although little hitchBOT made it safely through New York and his owners tweeted he was California dreaming, they later were emailed photos posted on Instagram of the robot with its head, arms and legs ripped off sometime after it was dropped off in the oldest street in Philadelphia.They told press its journey had 'come to an end' and it couldn't be found as its GPS had been destroyed.
There may be hope for hitchbot though - the tech community of Philly came together and appears to have tracked down and returned the remaining parts to its creators. A fundraiser has also been set up to help its creators to rebuild it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Kyle_J_Silva/status/628064497169731584/photo/1
http://6abc.com/technology/hitchhiking-robots-cross-country-trip-ends-in-philly/898424/
We had a previous thread about the start of hitchBOT's successful Canadian journey here:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...aking-my-way-across-Canada-one-ride-at-a-time
Although little hitchBOT made it safely through New York and his owners tweeted he was California dreaming, they later were emailed photos posted on Instagram of the robot with its head, arms and legs ripped off sometime after it was dropped off in the oldest street in Philadelphia.They told press its journey had 'come to an end' and it couldn't be found as its GPS had been destroyed.
There may be hope for hitchbot though - the tech community of Philly came together and appears to have tracked down and returned the remaining parts to its creators. A fundraiser has also been set up to help its creators to rebuild it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Kyle_J_Silva/status/628064497169731584/photo/1
http://6abc.com/technology/hitchhiking-robots-cross-country-trip-ends-in-philly/898424/
We had a previous thread about the start of hitchBOT's successful Canadian journey here:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...aking-my-way-across-Canada-one-ride-at-a-time