US is not so friendly to robot

Hitchbot made it safely across Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands but just two weeks after starting it's journey in the US, it was beheaded and left in a pile.  

Hitchbot cannot travel on it's own but relies on the kindness of people to move it from place to place.  It records it's journeys and all of the kindness it meets along the way.  Apparently the US isn't ready for showing kindness. Hopefully those responsible are rare and not the norm here.  hitchbot