ScienceMeet HitchBOT - the hitchhiking robot03:51This browser does not support the video element.Science03/09/2015March 9, 2015A robot from Canada, named hitchBOT, is now touring Germany. Around 1.2 meters tall, it has a face lit up by LEDs and employs speech recognition technology. DW reporter Christoph Hartmann picked up hitchBOT and took him for a ride through Hamburg.Copy linkAdvertisement