hitchBOT

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hitchBOT

Summary

hitchBOT is a robot[1]. hitchBOT worked as a hitchhiker[2]. hitchBOT ranks in the top 6% of robot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).[3]

Key Facts

  • hitchBOT worked as a hitchhiker[2].
  • hitchBOT is in the country of Canada[4].
  • hitchBOT's image is recorded as Hitchbot Goes to the Fair (15844794490).jpg[5].
  • hitchBOT's instance of is recorded as robot[6].
  • hitchBOT's manufacturer is recorded as McMaster University[7].
  • hitchBOT's collection is recorded as Canada Science and Technology Museum[8].
  • hitchBOT's has use is recorded as social experiment[9].
  • hitchBOT's Commons category is recorded as HitchBOT[10].
  • hitchBOT's country of origin is recorded as Canada[11].
  • hitchBOT's powered by is recorded as solar cell panel[12].
  • hitchBOT's powered by is recorded as automotive battery[13].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as display device[14].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as child safety seat[15].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as solar cell[16].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as tablet computer[17].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as GPS navigation device[18].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as network interface[19].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as pool noodle[20].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as bucket[21].
  • hitchBOT's has part is recorded as camera[22].
  • hitchBOT was dissolved in +2015-08-01T00:00:00Z[23].
  • hitchBOT's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010wgnyb[24].
  • hitchBOT's significant event is recorded as road trip[25].
  • hitchBOT's significant event is recorded as road trip[26].
  • hitchBOT's significant event is recorded as road trip[27].

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Career and Affiliations

hitchBOT worked as a hitchhiker[2].

Why It Matters

hitchBOT ranks in the top 6% of robot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).[3] hitchBOT has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What did hitchBOT do for work?

hitchBOT worked as hitchhiker[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . twitter.com. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hitchBOT. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitchbot
MLA “hitchBOT.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitchbot.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hitchbot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hitchBOT}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitchbot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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