Beloved hitchhiking robot hitchBOT was destroyed by vandals in Philadelphia over the weekend, and everyone wants to know who would do such a thing. We may soon have an answer. Vlogger Jesse Wellens claims to have security camera footage of This is probably one of the most ridiculous headlines I've ever written, but here we … Read more
The robot successfully hitchhiked across Germany, the Netherlands and Canada without incident before being trashed in Philadelphia. July 17, 2015 A car drives by hitchBot, a hitchhiking robot in Marblehead, Mass. Stephan Savoia/AP. Buy Photo. HitchBOT, the cheerful hitchhiking robot that had made cross-country trips across Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, had intended to travel … Read more
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 … Read more