Hitchbot
Hitchbot is your friendly, neighbourhood, autonomous, hitchhiking robot who spent the summer of 2014 hitchhiking its way across Canada. Later, Hitch would explore Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Colin Gagich, the founder of CENG Technologies was the lead developer on the Hitchbot project and an integral part of Hitch’s family.
226
Media Interviews
2.5k
Development Hours
13,443
Kilometers Travelled
27
Pool Noodle Limbs
45
lbs of batteries
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In order to invoke feelings of trust, empathy, and guardianship, Hitchbot was made to be of similar sizing to a child, with arms, legs, and a welcoming, robotic smile. Although genderless, it was found that those who simply viewed Hitch saw the robot as male, whereas those who interacted with it viewed Hitch as female.
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Where In the world is Hitchbot?
In The Media
Can you murder a robot?
Back in 2015, a hitchhiker was murdered on the streets of Philadelphia. It was no ordinary crime. The hitchhiker in question was a little robot … Read More
HitchBOT completes cross-Canada trip
Canada‘s hitchhiking robot has finally completed its 6,000-kilometre journey across Canada, bumming rides all the way from Halifax reaching Victoria. … Read More
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