HitchBOT is a robot that'll attempt to exploit the kindness of humans by using them to transport itself across Canada by simply asking people for a ride.
Traveling across an entire continent would be a remarkable feat for any ground robot. Humans, however, do it all the time. hitchBOT is going to try to take advantage of this by hitchhiking across Canada, moving from human to human to get where it wants to go. hitchBOT isn't offering to help out with gas or anything like that: it's going to be relying entirely on people feeling sorry for it and wanting to help out.
How effective hitchBOT is will be put to the test starting July 27, when it'll leave Halifax, Nova Scotia on it's way to Victoria, British Columbia, a distance of 6,230 kilometers by road.