bushmanbilly
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2008
Posts: 4,719
|
Post by bushmanbilly on Aug 2, 2015 0:43:00 GMT -5
It has hitched its way across Canada in 26 days safe and sound. Even across Germany. But!! Didn't last 2 weeks in the USA. Sad that some people have no respect. Trashed it and had the nerve to send a picture back to the maker. Sad:( PHILADELPHIA — A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide met its demise in the U.S. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment told The Associated Press that someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair on Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks. It started in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on July 17 with its thumb raised skyward, a grin on its digital face and tape wrapped around its cylindrical head that read ``San Francisco or bust.'' It bounced around the Boston area and was briefly taken to sea. One day, it took in a Red Sox game. But hitchBOT never made it off the East Coast. The creators were sent an image of the vandalized robot Saturday but cannot track its location because the battery is dead. They said they don't know who destroyed it or why. But co-creator Frauke Zeller said many children who adored the robot are now heartbroken. www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/01/hitchbot-us-demise_n_7919122.html
|
|
|
Post by snowmom on Aug 2, 2015 5:53:43 GMT -5
hadn't heard of it, surprised it lasted that long...
|
|