Left for dead: HitchBOT was ruthlessly torn asunder just two weeks into its travels in America. Photo: AFP/hitchBOT
WASHINGTON: HitchBOT – the adorable hitch-hiking robot pieced together from household odds-and-ends – ended its travels across America early, after being destroyed by vandals and left on the side of a road, its creators said.
Envisioned as a social experiment to see if its kind could trust humans, the talking humanoid got its answer – sadly – when it was found dismantled and left for dead in Philadelphia.
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