A Robot Is Hitchhiking Across America On Its Own
- 9 years ago
hitchBOT, a campy-looking robot from Canada, in on a cross-country journey from Boston to San Francisco.
Robots may be the stuff of science fiction and automated vacuums, but they can hitchhike, too.
hitchBOT, a campy-looking robot from Canada, began a cross-country journey from Boston to San Francisco on Friday.
Immobile, hitchBOT relies upon strangers to carry him from one destination to the next.
The digital brainchild of Canadian researchers, hitchBOT is an old-hand at the game—having already hitched lifts across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands.
Part-experiment, part art-project, hitchBOT is now in search of the A
Robots may be the stuff of science fiction and automated vacuums, but they can hitchhike, too.
hitchBOT, a campy-looking robot from Canada, began a cross-country journey from Boston to San Francisco on Friday.
Immobile, hitchBOT relies upon strangers to carry him from one destination to the next.
The digital brainchild of Canadian researchers, hitchBOT is an old-hand at the game—having already hitched lifts across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands.
Part-experiment, part art-project, hitchBOT is now in search of the A