Call me hitch van BOT, I've been invited to the Netherlands by Concordia Film | Theater | Expositie for an arts and culture vacation starting on June 6. Follow along here and on www.hitchbot.me, Facebook and Twitter! A photo posted byhitchbot on Jun 1, 2015 at 6:08 am PDT
Project robot hitchhiker hitchBOT , launched by sociologists, students and several teachers from the University of Toronto (Canada) не endured harsh conditions American . The robot traveled only two weeks, died at the hands of vandals in the streets of Philadelphia. It is noteworthy that in the past his travels in similar projects successfully robot пересёк Canada , Germany and the Netherlands.
Robot hitchBOT has a cylindrical body and a non-functional similarity of the arms and legs. Instead, he heads the LED screen. He knows how to communicate - through the dynamics of approaching people, he explains the purpose of his trip and has a microphone for speech recognition and discussions on technology CleverScript , which recently I tried to pass the Turing test.
In the experiment, different, not familiar with the project people were supposed to help the robot to get to its destination. The course travels hitchBOT described in detail (with the help of their creators) in Instagram , Twitter on your page Facebook. Built-in camera helps to make photos and GPS-tracker transmit information about his movements. In its accounts in social networks had accumulated more than 35,000 subscribers.
In 2014, the robot has traveled a 6,000 km through the territory of Canada, with at least 18 different companions. Is a robot drivers or passed it from hand to hand on the agreement, or simply left him beside the road that he had voted and caught a ride next.