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Canada's Hitchhiking Robot Completed Its Trip Without Getting Murdered
Over the course of its cross-country adventure hitchBOT chilled with the Kelowna-based band The Wild!, met the groundhog known as Wiarton Willie, and crashed a wedding, where it adorably interrupted the bride and groom's toasts to proclaim, "I like to make friends." That level of cute should really be illegal, but hitchBOT pulled it off in style.
The robot also attended a powwow at the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, where it was given the ceremonial Anishinaabe name Biiaabkookwe, or "Iron Woman." This whirlwind of impromptu encounters would be delightful for any traveler, but it is particularly impressive for a bundle of pool noodles with a penchant for quoting Wikipedia articles.
On July 27, a brave robot named hitchBOT bid goodbye to its creators on the shoulder of a highway in Halifax, Nova Scotia. With limbs made from pool noodles, a beer-cooler body, and legs clad in Wellington rain boots, this adorable hodgepodge of a robot was ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. It raised its best hitchhiker’s thumb, and waited to be picked up by its first benefactor in its 6,000-kilometer road trip across Canada.
When hitchBot set off, we at Motherboard worried that the trooper might meet a tragic end (and we weren't the only ones). But fortunately, our fears were groundless. Over the weekend, hitchBOT arrived at its final destination in Victoria, BC, intact and thriving after meeting dozens of new friends across the country....
Over the course of its cross-country adventure hitchBOT chilled with the Kelowna-based band The Wild!, met the groundhog known as Wiarton Willie, and crashed a wedding, where it adorably interrupted the bride and groom's toasts to proclaim, "I like to make friends." That level of cute should really be illegal, but hitchBOT pulled it off in style.
The robot also attended a powwow at the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, where it was given the ceremonial Anishinaabe name Biiaabkookwe, or "Iron Woman." This whirlwind of impromptu encounters would be delightful for any traveler, but it is particularly impressive for a bundle of pool noodles with a penchant for quoting Wikipedia articles.
When hitchBot set off, we at Motherboard worried that the trooper might meet a tragic end (and we weren't the only ones). But fortunately, our fears were groundless. Over the weekend, hitchBOT arrived at its final destination in Victoria, BC, intact and thriving after meeting dozens of new friends across the country....
Over the course of its cross-country adventure hitchBOT chilled with the Kelowna-based band The Wild!, met the groundhog known as Wiarton Willie, and crashed a wedding, where it adorably interrupted the bride and groom's toasts to proclaim, "I like to make friends." That level of cute should really be illegal, but hitchBOT pulled it off in style.
The robot also attended a powwow at the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, where it was given the ceremonial Anishinaabe name Biiaabkookwe, or "Iron Woman." This whirlwind of impromptu encounters would be delightful for any traveler, but it is particularly impressive for a bundle of pool noodles with a penchant for quoting Wikipedia articles.
Beauty, eh?
edit: One wonders if robot hitchhiking will lead to robot sex.
http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/1018653909
