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Hitchhiking robot's cross-country trip in US ends in Philly (MURDERED!)
AP ^
| Aug. 2, 2015
Posted on 08/02/2015 9:02:57 AM PDT by PROCON
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide met its demise in the U.S.
The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment told The Associated Press that someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair early Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks.
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KEYWORDS: hitchbot
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With the robot destroyed, Zeller said, she was most concerned about children who loved hitchBOT and followed it on social media. Her team doesn't plan to release the last photo of it to protect young fans who might be distraught.
Oh, the HUGE MANATEE!
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:02:57 AM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:04:37 AM PDT
by
brivette
(lol~)
To: PROCON
Wait! He's a five-gallon bucket DISGUISED as a robot!
We been had!
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:05:46 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: PROCON
We’ve gone past other living organisms being more important than humans.
It’s now robots that we cry for.
Humanity is dead and needs a total reboot.
To: PROCON
And those aren’t even real robot legs. Those are........pool noodles!
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:06:52 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
It's still MURDER you heartless person! </dumblib>
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:09:43 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(FReeping on CRUZ Control)
To: Texas Eagle
Just think, there is some poor deluded soul out there
that had to have sex with it, then killed it to keep
it from talking.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:10:32 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: PROCON
Shouldn't the Hitchhiking Robot look like this?
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"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:10:34 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: astroaddict
We should be crying because of the (apparently) widespread need to destroy anything and everything.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:11:16 AM PDT
by
ElayneJ
To: PROCON
It didn’t follow the code of the road.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:11:57 AM PDT
by
discostu
(It always comes down to cortexiphan)
To: PROCON
Please. Why would anyone think that anyone - including a robot - could be on foot in Philadelphia and not be mugged, stolen, destroyed, etc.?
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:14:18 AM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
To: PROCON
"But it's not "murder" murder, chil'.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:14:24 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
And look at the picture, they aren't RECYCLING either! </dumblib>
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:15:17 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(FReeping on CRUZ Control)
To: PROCON
It was Philadelphia, what do you expect?
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:15:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: PROCON
Its the white bucket privilege that did him in!
Thug city took care of this problem.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:15:34 AM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: PROCON
City of Brotherly Love
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:15:48 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: US_MilitaryRules
The City of Brotherly Shove.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:15:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: PROCON
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:16:32 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Exactly my first thought.
"Yo, Jamaleau, what be that over der, les keel it."
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:17:19 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(FReeping on CRUZ Control)
To: tet68
But enough about Bill Clinton.
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posted on
08/02/2015 9:18:08 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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