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In June of this year, we wrote about a robot named hitchBOT, who finally completed his journey hitchhiking across Canada, traveling east-west, 6,228 kilometers along the Trans-Canada Highway.
The robot began its journey on July 27, 2014 in the city of Halifax (Nova Scotia), and on August 17, 2014 completed its journey in Victoria (British Columbia) near Vancouver, but announced its official return on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the city reception Open Space Gallery. For three weeks hitchhiking the robot found many new friends and relied solely on the generosity and kindness of strangers.
Recall that the developers of the robot are a professor from Ryerson University (Ryerson University) Frock Zeller (Frauke Zeller) and a professor from McMaster University (McMaster University) David Smith (David Smith).
After hitchBOT was left on the side of the road near Halifax airport, in less than 2 minutes he was offered a ride, reports thestar.com.
“Literally in less than two minutes from the moment we left the bot on the road, the car stopped and offered a ride,” said David Smith.
During his journey, hitchBOT was a guest on the Pow Wow (a collection of North American Indians) in Northern Ontario, boasted about his dancing talent, made Harlem Shake in Saskatchewan, saw the famous albino marmot Wiarton Willie, visited the wedding in Golden Britannia).
Smith expected attention to the robot when traveling through various provinces, but he never thought that he could claim international fame. He recently learned that the image of hitchBOT was seen in Time York in New York, and about several robot questions placed on the television game Cash Cab.
A collaborative research project that was designed to explore the issue of human interaction and test technology in the field of artificial intelligence showed that robots can trust people enough to get into the car, and vice versa: people can trust robots enough to allow them to sit in the car.
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