Heck, at NewsWorks' morning news meeting, the hitchBOT story was broached by not one, not two, but three of my colleagues. Rather, it's a condemnation of an Outrage Nation mentality that drives such coverage, and — full disclosure — a dynamic to
"HitchBOT's trip came to an end last night in Philadelphia after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City," the hitchBOT "family" said on its website. "Unfortunately
SALEM — What's the best way to break the ice with a hitchhiking robot made of a plastic bucket and sporting a face resembling a 1982 Radio Shack TRS-80 computer? Given the materials, I decided to start with simple conversation. “Hello, Hitchbot. How
Guess he didn't make it ". Unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots. We know that many of hitchBOT's fans will be disappointed, but we want them to be
If you happen to see a robot on the side of the road this summer, don't be afraid to pick him up. That's just hitchBOT, a friendly hitch-hiking robot trying to make his (her? its?) way from Boston to San Francisco.