That Hitchhiking Robot That Americans Beat Up Will Live Forever in a Canadian Museum
Summer 2015 marked the failed American odyssey of hitchBOT, the hitchhiking humanoid built for motorists to tote from Salem, Massachusetts, to San Francisco. It got as far as Philly before being torn limb from limb. But in Canada, where people are infinitely friendlier toward roadside robots, the original hitchBOT—which did manage to thumb it cross-country—will…
