HitchBOT safely crossed Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, but met its demise outside of Philadelphia, having barely started traversing the U.S. Tabitha M. Powledge wonders why the hitch-hiking robot ran into trouble: "I suppose it’s possible that this is the work of Luddites reborn. Someone feeling threatened by the Rise of the Machines? Perhaps even someone egged on by the high-profile call by high-profile persons for a halt to development of autonomous weapons?"
August 8, 2015
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