Robot hitchhikers are not safe, if they are traveling in Philly

[MacNut]

HitchBOT, the friendly hitchhiking robot thought that the city of brotherly love would be a safe bet to hitch a ride. Well that turned out to be a horribly wrong decision.

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 mean streets of the U.S.A.

Two weeks after beginning its U.S. trip in Boston, the robot was vandalized in Philadelphia, the team overseeing the robot said in a statement.

"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, hitchBOT was vandalized overnight in Philadelphia; sometimes bad things happen to good robots."

My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Thanks friends:http://t.co/DabYmi6OxH pic.twitter.com/sJPVSxeawg

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/

 

[Khalanad75]

Yeah, but is anyone really safe hitchhiking through Philly?

 

[senseless]

This Philly Robot-cide may turn out to be a hoax:
http://factually.gizmodo.com/vloggers-faked-a-surveillance-video-but-did-they-destr-1721980896

 

[rdowns]

You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air.

 

[Mousse]

You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air.

That was the first thing the popped in my head when I read the story. Beat me to the punch.

 

[A.Goldberg]

Poor Hitchbot. He/she did not deserve such a fate.

 

[senseless]

It was a hoax. Hitchbot was not destroyed.