And so it begins : A child - sized golem named hitchBOT is presently making its way of life across Canada . Alone and fast , hitchBOT will have to reach the West Coast by relying on others to get it there . Here ’s how you could follow hitchBOT ’s adventures .
https://gizmodo.com/this-robot-is-going-to-hitchhike-across-canada-by-itsel-1591363499
This preceding Sunday , a couple from Nova Scotia became the first to give the golem a face lifting . Its marathon journey between Halifax , N.S. , and Victoria , B.C. , will see a lower limit of 6,158 kilometre ( 3,826 miles ) traversed . But the accurate course can not be known . The bot , which is fit out with voice - realisation technology , 3 GB , WLAN connectivity , and GPS , will be completely dependent on others to move and transport it .
hitchBOT may be alone , but its journey is being closely monitored by social media . you may follow its Twitter feedhere , on Facebookhere , and on Instagramhere .
@hitchBOTis enjoying the view over the bridge , even though it is n’t coveredpic.twitter.com/HmRH2W8tlT
— Jean - Pierre Brien ( @BrienPierre)July 28 , 2014
The Hitchbot is getting a drive to Quebec with 3 guy rope from Halifax fade through#Kouchibouguac#HITcHbotpic.twitter.com / IOrFfxLMX3
— Mike LeBlanc ( @mikecue)July 28 , 2014
We had a special Edgar Albert Guest camping with us last night:@hitchBOT , the hitch hike robot!#NBSummer!pic.twitter.com/4fLY9GNzEi
— Kouchibouguac National Park , Parks Canada ( @KouchibouguacNP)July 28 , 2014
The undertaking , was create as a “ collaborative art project ” by research worker David Harris Smith of McMaster University in Hamilton , ON , and Frauke Zeller of Ryerson University in Toronto .
Top image : Reuters / Paul Darrow .
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