hitchBOT (the hitchhiking robot) Arrives at his Destination

Drivers in Canada have had loads of fun helping an unusual hitchhiker travel from east coast to west this summer. But this was no ordinary traveller thumbing for a lift - it was a two-foot tall talking robot.
As the intelligent robot, created in Ontario by communications researchers from four Canadian universities, says: "Robots cannot get driver's licences yet", which is why it has had to rely on the generosity of others for its epic adventure.
 One of the robot's inventors, Dr David Smith, said the aim of the project was to see how comfortable humans are when they are travelling with robots.
During its journey hitchBOT has posted photos and videos of the places it has been and the people its met, as well as using Twitter to tell followers how it is getting on.

HitchBOT travelled with a car seat already installed, so that it could be easily strapped in when it was picked up for a lift.
It also had a GPS system so that people could track its movements, although it was left up to drivers to decide where to take hitchBOT and where to drop it off.
But most amazingly hitchBOT came with speech recognition software and was able to answer simple questions and have a conversation while it was on its journey.
When hitchBOT starts to get tired, it can ask the driver to plug it in to a car cigarette lighter or another power outlet.
During the journey the robot has driven with families, Canadian rock band The Wild and Belgian tourists, and also took a ride on a boat.
Matthew Berry, from Alberta, even took hitchBOT to his friend's wedding, where it enjoyed a dance with the bride.
With co-operation from Canadians coast to coast, hitchBOT successfully traversed the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. hitchBOT is due to arrive at its destination of Victoria, British Columbia, later today. Thanks for all the fun hitchBOT.