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Robot Destroyed while Hitchhiking through the United States

A non-actuated conversational robot that previously asked people to move it across Canada was destroyed shortly after beginning its attempt to replicate the journey across the United States.

Date it happened
2015-08-01
Organisation involved
Frauke Zeller, David Harris
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