Hitchhiking robot's cross-country journey comes to tragic end in Philadelphia

Bodhisattva · Aug 3, 2015

Stay classy, Philly.

The endearing droid that had thumbed his way across Germany, vacationed in the Netherlands and made the improbable 3,600-mile trek across Canada without incident survived just over two weeks and 300 miles in the United States. On Saturday its creators announced that hitchBot had been vandalized beyond repair and abandoned on a street in Philadelphia.

According to the Associated Press, the robot's creators were sent a photo of their vandalized robot collapsed among trash and dead leaves on the Philadelphia pavement, its pool noodle arms ripped from its beer bucket torso, its plastic cake saver skull and robot brain nowhere in sight.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation...ountry-journey-comes-to-tragic-end-in/2239790

Bazza · Aug 3, 2015

"The Ugly American'....strikes again.

crimsonaudio · Aug 3, 2015

Philadelphia is why we can't have nice things.

OreBama · Aug 3, 2015

Was the robot raped too? How embarrassing for Philly. Luckily for them that they have no shame.

SavannahDare · Aug 3, 2015

Why does this not surprise???
Oh, yeah, it's Philly.

CrimsonTheory · Aug 3, 2015

Philadelphia, the Florida of the north. (Yes, I know one's a city and the other is a state.)

mittman · Aug 3, 2015

Not a smart robot. Everyone knows not to go to Philly unless you want to get boo'd, pelted and/or robbed. It would probably have had a better chance traversing Somalia.

Elefantman · Aug 3, 2015

The robot was a cowboy fan.

Relayer · Aug 3, 2015

May he rest in pieces.

Catfish · Aug 3, 2015

Relayer said:
May he rust in pieces.

FIFY.

Elefantman · Aug 3, 2015

There are some decent robot loving people in Philly trying to rebuild the hitchbot.

LINK

TIDE-HSV · Aug 3, 2015

mittman said:
Not a smart robot. Everyone knows not to go to Philly unless you want to get boo'd, pelted and/or robbed. It would probably have had a better chance traversing Somalia.

Or a game preserve in Zimbabwe...

Bamaro · Aug 4, 2015

Be careful. If you are bothered by this and post it here you may be ridiculed for not caring about ___________. (fill in the blank)

Crimson1967 · Aug 4, 2015

In my town's Facebook group there is some game where a ceramic duck is hidden somewhere in town. If you find it, you are supposed to post it on some site and hide it somewhere else.

The people who were really into it I found annoying. I always wanted to find the duck and throw it in the trash.

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Tide1986 · Aug 4, 2015

Bamaro said:
Be careful. If you are bothered by this and post it here you may be ridiculed for not caring about ___________. (fill in the blank)

Eh...it was just a blob of spare parts. What's there to care about? Philadelphians have a right to decide if and when they want their streets junked up by such.

Bazza · Aug 4, 2015

Bamaro said:
Be careful. If you are bothered by this and post it here you may be ridiculed for not caring about ___________. (fill in the blank)

lol....

Bazza · Aug 5, 2015

crimsonaudio · Aug 5, 2015

Hahaha, nicely done, Bazza.

Bazza · Aug 5, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
Hahaha, nicely done, Bazza.

TIDE-HSV · Aug 5, 2015

We certainly have our quota (and more) of curmudgeons ...

Hitchhiking robot's cross-country journey comes to tragic end in Philadelphia

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