The City Of Brotherly Love

The city of

"Brotherly Love"

wasn't so lovable today.

Someone in the city killed
"hitchBot!"

If you haven't heard of him,

it is a Canadian born,

kid size robot,

built as a social experiment that had no motor skills to get around,

but,

in the words of
Blanche DuBois,

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

hitchBot
had limited mobility in his arms where he could either hold up a sign,

"San Francisco or bust,"

or he could hold up one of his thumbs.

It took him only 26 days of hitchhiking to traverse Canada
and parts of Europe last year.

He has been to a Wedding,

a Comic Convention,

and traveled with a Heavy Metal Band for a week.

He could talk to whomever his travel companions were,

on a limited basis.

Mostly tossing out facts
and figures on a variety of subjects.

People were told to travel with him for awhile,

then leave him in an area where other travelers could pick him up
and then he could continue on his journey.

People all over the World could
and were following his exploits on Social Media.

He would randomly take photos,
every 20 minutes,
to document his progress.

Leave it to some Jerk,

wow I haven't used that word in 20 years,

to some Jerk in Philly to spoil it all.

hitchBot should have tried South America first
to travel around.

Maybe then,

just maybe,

I could have picked him up at the
United States/Mexican border

and shown hitchBot a really good time

and that not all U.S. Citizens are Jerks!

Thanks Philly!

This is Jim, still looking for a Robot Friend, Hauenstein,

And,

“Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect."

- Arthur C. Clarke -

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