Science Alive- Episode 7: Hitchbot!
Channel: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Date: 02/05/2016

Take a ride with Hitchbot on this edition of Science Alive! What would you do if you saw a smiling robot by the side of the road… a robot with a plastic bucket for a body, pool noodles for arms and legs, and big rubber boots?  Created to learn about how people interact with technology and ask the question, “Can robots trust human beings?” Hitchbot crossed Canada and most of Germany and the Netherlands. It was two weeks into its trip across the United States when reports say it was destroyed by vandals in Philadelphia.  So...how did it end up at a museum in Ottawa?