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 are. It's true, a person in Philadelphia wearing (what appears to be) a Randall Cunningham Eagles retro jersey beheaded hitchBOT, the
Bassmaster, who is known for his genius prank videos, actually appeared on 6ABC's newscast regarding hitchBOT's death alongside fellow YouTube star Jesse Wellens, though you might not be able to tell by the name he was listed under: Always Teste:
Equal parts art project and social media experiment, with a dash of backyard hackery “robotics” thrown in for good measure, hitchBot was an experiment in the kindness of strangers. That is, the kindness of strangers toward a beer bucket filled with a
HitchBOT, the cheerful hitchhiking robot that had made cross-country trips across Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, had intended to travel across the United States as well. Instead, it survived all of 300 miles on the