HitchBot, a friendly Canadian robot sent on a mission to autonomously hitchhike across America, had a pleasant, successful journey across our fair nation, meeting friendly locals who were happy to help the little bot get where it was going. Until it got to Philadelphia.

A robot made of the kinds of things one finds in the back of their garden shed is hitchhiking across Canada. HitchBOT was created by researchers David Smith and Frauke Zeller who are studying the relationship between people and technology. The bucket-bodied creature is set to reach is final destination Sunday in Victoria, British Columbia.