HitchBOT the Hitchhiking Robot

Purdon, Nick (journalist). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Purdon, Nick. (Cast).

Summary: A hitchhiking robot is attempting to travel across Canada relying on the kindness (and curiosity) of strangers. The tiny talking robot has embarked on what is hoped to be a 6,000 km trek from Halifax to Victoria. HitchBOT is entirely dependent on human beings for its survival. It's part of a Canadian research project looking into the evolving relationship between people and technology that was developed by professors David Harris Smith of McMaster University and Frauke Zeller of Ryerson University.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (07 min 07 sec)
remote
videorecording
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2014

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Purdon, Nick.
Original Version Note:	HitchBOT
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/hitchbot-the-hitchhiking-robot-4270/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation