Robot Hitchhiker Smashed By US Vandals After Successful Journey Through Canada And Europe
Simple in concept, HitchBOT relied entirely on mankind’s kindness in order to journey across the world. As many hitchhikers do, this hitchhiking robot stood on the side of the road with his thumb in the air and waited for a kind stranger to come and pick it up and drop him off at his next location.
With this simple yet curious concept, the adorable hitchhiking robot HitchBOT managed to travel across parts of Europe as well as across Canada without being damaged in any way. However, one unknown vicious character with clear anger issues has ended the robot’s journey through the US abruptly.
Smashed to pieces and damaged beyond repair by someone in Philadelphia, the hitchhiking robot spawned a worldwide internet investigation in hopes to find out what has happened to him. While some jokingly speculate that the man who killed the robot was scared of the robot uprising others actually managed to find video footage of the attack. However some individuals have managed to find surveillance cam video of the attack, but the investigation is still underway.
Short lived, his life was full of adventures as we can see by the photos captured by his camera, which he took every 20 minutes. Engaging in limited conversation, HitchBOT enjoyed a Red Sox game and has even taken a trip out to sea.
His family, in the face of Frauke Zeller, HitchBOT’s co-creator, stated that they are extremely sad their robot’s journey has came to an end. “I hope that people won’t be disappointed, too sad.” However, we can’t at least hope that the internet will bring justice to the robot’s killer.
