the Robot Hitchbot, who traveled to the USA hitchhiking, vandals tore the head and brought the device to malfunction. However, his adventure shouldn't end — the team that developed the Hitchbot will probably bring him back to "life". On the official site it is reported that the incident occurred on the night of 2 August after two weeks of travel in the USA.

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the Robot Hitchbot, who traveled to the USA hitchhiking, vandals tore the head and brought the device to malfunction. However, his adventure shouldn't end — the team that developed the Hitchbot will probably bring him back to "life". On the official site it is reported that the incident occurred on the night of 2 August after two weeks of travel in the USA.

the Robot has already visited Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marbled and new York. In Philadelphia mechanical traveler, as it turned out, was not expected. By the way, last year he successfully overcame your way through Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. America has fallen robot could chew," writes The Verge. the "a Dark day in US history", — adds the publication.

Hitchbot is not able to move on their own — for this he needs the help of people. However, it has a built in system of recognition and generation of speech. Social the project started in Canada, where the robot and began his journey around the world. The authors of the project wanted to know how far he can get without being sliced, and check trust people like robots.