The anthropomorphic robot named hitchBOT sits on the shoulder of Highway 102 to begin its 6000 kilometer cross country journey outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27, 2014. The hitch hiking robot is part of a social experiment to see if drivers will pick up and drop off the robot in one piece to an art gallery in Victoria, British Columbia. REUTERS/Paul Darrow (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR40APN REUTERS
Being Canadian
What it feels like to pick up Hitchbot the hitchhiker
Would you stop and offer HitchBOT a ride? The Canadian hitchhiking robot, who car-hopped all the way from Halifax to Victoria during the summer of 2014, makes for one quirky passenger. This is what it’s like to pick up HitchBOT.