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Elfreth's Alley Museum revives memory of hitchBOT, dreams of festival
Original: Elfreth’s Alley Museum celebrates hitchBOT again, with dream of a future big festival
Philadelphia's Elfreth's Alley Museum is once again celebrating hitchBOT, the friendly hitchhiking robot that was famously destroyed in the city in 2015, and organizers hope to build the tribute into a large festival in the future. The event keeps alive the story of the Canadian robot whose cross-country journey ended on American soil, drawing renewed attention to a quirky chapter of the city's robotics history.
Why now: The museum's anniversary tribute to the robot destroyed in Philadelphia has stirred fresh local nostalgia and curiosity about robotics.
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- Elfreth’s Alley Museum celebrates hitchBOT again, with dream of a future big festival · Billy Penn at WHYY
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