Hitchhiking robot thumbs its way across Canada
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 01, 2014 - A talking robot assembled from household odds and ends is hitchhiking thousands of kilometers across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment to see if those of its kind can trust humans. Society is "usually concerned with whether we can trust robots," Frauke Zeller, co-creator of the "hitchBot," told AFP. Hollywood movies like "The Terminator" and "The Matrix" often depict mach ... more

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