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Hitchhiking robot embarking on coast-to-coast tour across US
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| Jul 17, 1:29 AM (ET)
| By COLLIN BINKLEY
Posted on 07/17/2015 11:31:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris
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I say give it a teleprompter and let it run for POTUS.
No birth certificate? No problem. We got Adobe.
To: SaveFerris
As for the U.S. trip, researchers don't know how long it will take, or what will happen along the way.
"We want to create something that has a bit of narrative to it, a sense of adventure," Smith said. "We don't really know what's going to happen." It's a jungle out there. HitchBOT needs to be packing.
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posted on
07/17/2015 11:49:22 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Ezekiel
send the robot to downtown Baltimore and it’ll burn. By the time it gets to SF, there’ll be a fag robot waiting for it.
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posted on
07/18/2015 12:03:19 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: SaveFerris
It's going to end up in pieces in some engineer's basement... so where is it right now? Just a little tweak in the programming and hardware and I could make the far more efficient Carjackbot.
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posted on
07/18/2015 12:05:15 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
07/18/2015 12:10:10 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: max americana
Figure that thing will become a video sensation on the dark side of the ‘net long before it might get to SF. Probably have a marriage license too.
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posted on
07/18/2015 12:12:04 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/18/2015 12:13:23 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: SaveFerris
How long before a Muslim puts a bomb by the side of the road with a smile painted on it?
To: Ezekiel
John Waters wrote a great book,
Carsick, about hitchhiking across the country. Story
here.
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posted on
07/18/2015 1:27:45 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Advise to “HitchBot”........
Avoid any large cities where street rats await vulnerable targets. There is a high possibility that your “inner workings” (electronics, etc.) will be stripped in some inconspicuous alley garage and resold on the black market.
A word to the wise.
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posted on
07/18/2015 2:14:17 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: billorites
I did it in 1984, all the way across I-10. It was memorable, for sure, but I wouldn’t hitchhike around the block now.
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posted on
07/18/2015 4:02:55 AM PDT
by
Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
To: SaveFerris
It should only accept rides from self-driving cars...
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posted on
07/18/2015 4:51:46 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: SaveFerris
It better stay out of Detroit or it will be kidnapped by scrappers..........LOL!
To: Arthur McGowan
How long before a Muslim puts a bomb by the side of the road with a smile painted on it?My first thought was to wonder the same thing.
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posted on
07/18/2015 4:56:41 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
07/18/2015 4:59:45 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: Smokin' Joe
Presumably the people who built this thing have some brains—but they haven’t thought of the Muslim problem? They’re at a university, where they are not allowed to think negative thoughts about Muslims.
You can’t leave a briefcase on the shoulder of a highway without the bomb squad’s being called.
This is a doomed idea.
To: SaveFerris
Piss poor robot it is
I saw it on TV and like a Tar Baby, it just sits there. It had no thumbs up or other activity to attract a passing motorist.
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posted on
07/18/2015 5:08:36 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: SaveFerris
[snip]
More than 30,000 people follow the robot on Twitter, and dozens have posted their own selfies with it. Researchers are culling data from social media to study how people interact with a robot that needs their help, unlike traditional robots designed to help them. Among the chief questions researchers are asking, Zeller said, is whether robots can trust humans.
During past travels, the robot has attended a comic convention and a wedding, and it had its portrait painted in the Netherlands. It once spent a week with a heavy metal band.
The cross-country tour of Canada took 26 days, spanning more than 6,000 miles. As for the U.S. trip, researchers don't know how long it will take, or what will happen along the way.
"We want to create something that has a bit of narrative to it, a sense of adventure," Smith said. "We don't really know what's going to happen."
Pretty cool idea.
To: Arthur McGowan
Many moons ago, a friend ran over a jackrabbit near Dagmar, Montana. It was winter (-20 to -30 degrees), and he propped the carcass up so it froze, sitting on its haunches, one forelimb out like a hitch hiker, and the other tucked in to hold a sign he made out of cardboard that said "L.A."
He left it on the side of the road near the local bar, and when he came back, it was gone. No idea how far the critter went.
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posted on
07/18/2015 5:15:46 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Yardstick
Of course it’s more about people and social media than about the robot.
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