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The Hitchhiking Robot

March 24, 2014

A 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. Our reporter Christoph Hartmann picked up hitchBOT.

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Image: picture-alliance/dpa/J. Kalaene

Researchers at the University of Bonn have applied the principle to create water-repellent coatings for materials. Such an air layer on a tanker’s hull, for example, could reduce the ship’s frictional drag in the water, thereby saving fuel.

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A 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.
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