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Hitchhiking robot's cross-country journey comes to tragic end in Philadelphia

Stay classy Philly.....

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The endearing droid that had thumbed his way across Germany, vacationed in the Netherlands and made the improbable 3,600-mile trek across Canada without incident survived just over two weeks and 300 miles in the United States. On Saturday its creators announced that hitchBot had been vandalized beyond repair and abandoned on a street in Philadelphia.
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Not a good way for Team USA to represent. But that thing looks annoying as hell.
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It was not an admission of guilt
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That was my first thought as well.
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You don't wear Giants' colors in Philly!
Sure, blame the victim.
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Anyone else think this looks like the work of a cold steel katana?

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That or a "monkey roll" gone bad.
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Nobody told him to avoid the hood?

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hate crime against bot's

This week in the international news - Cecil the lion and then hitchbot.... 'USAzzholes kills everything'
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Anyone else think this looks like the work of a cold steel katana?

Looks like the Monkey Roll failed him.

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