hitch bot was found nearly two weeks ago in pieces on a philadelphia sidewalk. now coming up with another model these volunteers are hoping to make amends. >> theme here have really good ideas. we're on to something that's maybe not as sophisticated -- definitely not as sophisticated as the original. >> reporter: this is brainstorming session to come up with a prototype the philly love bot will be comprised of just about anything you can think of from common household items to electronic. >> it will be a measure of things that are reclaimed or repurposed or recycled. once we figure out what the love bot basically is going to be, its basic functional will the those electronics will be available from the hatchery or online sources so you can essentially get a kit of parts and build your own. >> then anyone will be able to purchase and start spreading the philly love bot hash tag bot love. >> in university city, diana rocco cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> i'm feeling that. >> you think we can take it to the neck level. >> bring it. i like eight lot. >> it was another wi

hitch bot's creators say the project will continue.y say they've gotten dozens of offers to help build a new robot but they say right now they are focused on remembering their loved one. >> my gosh, this is awful that it would happen in philly. >> reporter: of police are looking into it although the creators say at the time i spoke to them that they haven't filed a police report. they say they're just focused on the project at this point. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: you got it. >> we'll have a vigil for hitch bot. thank you steve. >>> justin drabick is along with us. heat wave i guess it's still continuing. >> 90's today. i promise later this week we'll start to cool it down a little bit. if you're looking forward to that wait a few more days. we'll take you to atlantic city right now. live look at sunshine and clouds. temperatures there still in the low 80's many people out on the boardwalk enjoying a nice night nice finish to the weekend in south jersey. like i said 90 degrees, that was the official temperature in philadelphia

. >> there's hope for hitch bot. why one local group says this does not have to be the end of the story. we'll show was they're doing. >> a state of emergency. why crews in california are having a tough time battling raging wildfires. kate. >> and here at home we've got a few showers moving into our area overnight. you can see showers and thunderstorms into central pennsylvania. tomorrow still hot but a cool down is comin coming and with it perhaps much needed rain. i'll have your full seven day "eyewitness weather" forecast coming up. >> also a local police officer enjoying day off comes to the rescue of a woman in new york city. the story when we come back. >> massive wildfire in northern california has tripled in size since friday. the rocky fire called now reportedly 60,000 acres and only 12% contained has thousands of firefighters battle those flames. the wildfire has prompted evacuations for more than 12,000 residents and has destroyed dozens of structures. record heat and the drought have made conditions espec

. >> there's hope for hitch bot. why one local group says this does not have to be the end of the story. we'll show was they're doing. >> a state of emergency. why crews in california are having a tough time battling raging wildfires. kate. >> and here at home we've got a few showers moving into our area overnight. you can see showers and thunderstorms into central pennsylvania. tomorrow still hot but a cool down is comin coming and with it perhaps much needed rain. i'll have your full seven day "eyewitness weather" forecast coming up. >> also a local police officer enjoying day off comes to the rescue of a woman in new york city. the story when we come back. pwhat've we got? 5. bp 64/40 sterilize sites. multiple foreign objects in the body. tweezers. (buzz!) (buzz!) if you're the guy from the operation game, you get operated on. it's what you do. (buzz!) if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. and we just couldn't say thno to that face.ns then we wanted mo

s most accurate. >> no brotherly love for the bot. the bot got got. pretty funny. poor bot. >> he didn't feel any pain. we feel its pain. we are looking at a 3-degree guarantee. actually we feel pretty confident right now, really do. we went 89 today. i kept it just south of 90, thought that was the smart thing to do, thought that was prudent. we'll let you know tonight at 11:00. we will see. live look outside, gorgeous, temperature 85, so that's not within three. dew point still in the 50s, relative humidity 41%. that's just simply fantastic. now the winds have turned. they're from the south. remember this time yesterday winds were more north, northwest, a little more refreshing wind but still a very nice evening. so a perfect night. open the windows. it was 53 this morning at dulles, so won't be quite as cool tomorrow morning. 90s come in over the weekend. some mountain showers west of i- 81 and then the 90s are going to stick around much, if not all, of next week. so a little mini heatwave coming our way. humidity stays in check through the weekend. 10:00 tonigh

just like hitch bot, pope bot relies on the kindness of strangers to get around. in all seriousness, we should remind you, stay with news 4 for coverage leading up to the pope's visit next month. you can turn to our web site or mobile app any time. it's safe to say, if you mess with pope bot, you'll have explaining to do down the line. no messing with that. >>> in terms of our weather? temperatures changing and we talked about humidity. today not an issue, tomorrow maybe? >> it starts to get humid again tomorrow. monday will be really, really thick outside but tempera hres tolorrowerill be cooler than today but with the on shore push, the humidity will go up and it will get muggy. 74 in the city under partly cloudy skies. it was a beautiful afternoon, lots of sunshine and right now we're sitting in the mid-70s around the five boroughs. 75 in elmhurst, 74 in brooklyn, 71 in staten island north of the city in sussex 59, monticello, 69, warmer in morristown. we're mainly clear on the satellite image but offshore notice the frontal boundary that's not moving and tomor

you have a giant row bot antibiotic. you know what needs to happen. >> the guys from japan quite honestly -- [ laughing ] now the guys from mega bot are back and not alone. >> it's time to throw down. we'll need your help to upgrade the mark ii. the fight the world has been waiting for. mark ii packs a lot of fire power. right now she's slow, top heavy, rusty and not equipped for melee combat. upgraded mark ii will be the definition of an american robot. >> let's analyze this right there. gigantic chainsaw, gun on the other arm. eagles with sunglasses. it's got flames. by the looks of it, some gigantic engine at the bottom as well. >> stephen colbert needs to get involved. >> you may recognize some of the people who have gotten involved. >> for the better pat of a decade is with a mythbuster. >> i'm greg munson, the creators of battle bots. >> i'm michael howe. >> what did they ild? monsteedtank. >> exactly. now we're going to have a robot that h proper tracks, proper speed, proper ability to get out there. and they need

meet pope bot.e'll tell you why this machine is trying to help redeem philadelphia and where he's already been spotted in this area. bill? >>> chris, it's a steamy start. 74 degrees at 5:38. we're watching for some showers and possibly thunderstorms today. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast, just ahead. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 20 minutes before 6:00. a cloudy start this morning. the clouds are keeping things warmer and it's very steamy. look at the humidity. 87% with 76 degrees. a warm start, a warm afternoon. we won't see the 90s today with clouds around and a little bit of fog forming this morning. we'll see the tempmr@tures stay cooler this afternoon. but it's not going to feel cool. we'll be well into the 80s. with high temperatures into the upper 80s and high humidity through the day, we'll likely see showers and some thunderstorms in our area. so far, they're in central pennsylvania, western pennsylvania had some heavy downpours yester

i actually think it is a good thing. >> from hitch bot to hill bot hillary clinton has two new ads out before republicans can start attacking her. they will air in iowa and new hampshire on tuesday. here is the first one. >> now that was the wrong tape but i am hearing that hillary's poll numbers are going up because of that video. maybe she should look at it again. let me try this again. go. >> when i think about why i am doing this, i think about my mother dorothy. she was abandoned by her parents at the age of 8. she was sent from chicago to l.a. to live with grand parents who didn't want her. i think of the dorothys all over america who fight for their families and who never give up. that's why i am doing this. that's why i have always done this for all of the dorothys. >> all of the dorothys. >> here is the second ad. >> after law school she could have gone to a big firm, but instead went to work for the children's defense fund. in arkansas she fought for school reform to change lives forever. then as first lady she helped get health care for eight million kids. then you probably

buster posey slides home to scoreties it 1-1 bot 5th 5-1 cubs. make it 6-1 cubs david ross hits one to centerangel pagan can't get there. giants give up 5 runs in the 5th bot 8th 6-3 cubs dexter fowler nails this homer to put icing on the cake for the cubs giants bullpen gives up a total of 4 runs & a homer final 7-3 cubs drop to one-and-a-half game back in n-l wild card arguably the best player in baseball celebrated his 24th birthday today with fellow angels teammates >>: singing. >> gary: albert pujols giving mike trout a proper dominican style birthday celebration. bathing trout with baby powder then smashing an egg on top of his head trout homered in a win against the orioles tonight he's also homered on his 21st and 22nd birthday trouts' the first player in mlb history to hit 3 birthday home- runs at 24 or younger the second round of the bridge- stone invitational was underway today. nice aerial shot of the firestone country club jordan speith looking to climb back into contention in round 2 3rd hole >>> trump versus megyn kelly. >> you cal

>> the long piece on the front of my bot and the wheel protectors on my bot. charge! >> reporter: soon writing code for games like the hugely popular mind craft will be possible which sounds good to them. >> i would take that again. >> reporter: up next the students are going to get a chance to rewrite code in a video game that already exists. s.t.e.m. is cool in school, mike hydek, wusa9. >> if you have a great summer s.t.e.m. story, mike hydek wants to hear from you. send him a message on his facebook page. >>> if you're hitting the water this weekend, there's something you should know. new tonight, details on the changes that maryland first responders are planning to keep the boaters, paddlers and swimmers say much. top? >> 50s this morning, tonight comfortably cool, 68 downtown, 62 in leesburg, 60 in manassas. i think most folks stay out of the 50s. we'll come back, talk about the 90s and how long they'll hang around. >> and political candidates, big pigs and the butter cow, it's iowa state fair time. we'll take you there a little later in your only local news at

on the hitch bot's website they say we encourage hitch bot's friends and family to do the same, remember the good times. >> the picture right there is absurd. >> decapitateing a robot. >> maybe it had an accident. maybe somebody hit it. you don't expect to see something like that out. maybe there's an explanation for it. it's possible. >> i'll give you the benefit of the night. >> i'm trying to give philadelphia the benefit of the doubt. >>> come up, a crackdown on distracted drivers. >> how police officers are changing out of their uniforms and into disguises to catch motorists paying more attention to their text messages than the road. that's next on "world news now." >>> "world news now"tt0w!to$h9! %4@-41$ tt0w!to$h9! el@->6h tt0w!to$h9! ed@-84, tt0w!to$h9% )8h-xjp tt0w!to$h9% kzh-e%, tt0w!to$h9% n-h-0l tt0w!to$h9% 0ph-.+8 tt0w!to$h9% s"h->yx tt0w!to$h9% ueh-=;( tt0w!to$h9% 7hh-!9\ >>> oh, boy, this is something interesting. catching drivers in the act of paying more attention to their smartphones than the demands of the road is a challenge for police. >> so what are the police doing?

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like hitch bot pope bot relies on the kindness of strangers to get around and gives out a prize each week to a good samaritan. >>> she's baby pandas score a perfect 10 for making their adorable debut in china yesterday. they are among the 21 born so far at the chinese giant panda research center. back in this country, we have our own special news. late word tonight a panda cub was born at the national zoo in washington, d.c. that is the panda cam. >>> when we come back, you'll meet the doctor introducing the first ever gummy multivitamin from centrum. a complete, and tasty new way to support your energy, immunity and metabolism like never before. centrum multigummies. see gummies in a whole new light. you can help children all around the world grow up strong, thanks to walgreens partnership with vitamin angels. when you get vitamins here... ...you change lives everywhere. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips' fiber good gummies plus energy support. it's a new fiber supplement that helps support regularity and incl

that came to an end last night in philly when someone spotted hitch bot and vandalized it. the vandals sent a picture to the hitch bot team but they say they can't track their creation's location because its battery is dead. >>> now after 15 years of development and $400 billion, the new f35 firefighter jet is finally combat ready. the u.s. marines have a squadron of f35's fully operational. other military branches will follow suit later. the f35 was supposed to be ready three years ago but it had a series of expensive and time consuming setbacks. the program is expected to run up a bill of more than trillion dollars over its lifetime. >>> scientists meantime they have taken a huge step toward eradicating the ebola virus. an ebola vaccine trial was reportedly 100 percent successful. the trial involved more than 4,000 people. it was conducted during an outbreak in guinea. nearly 28,000 people have contracted ebola in west africa since march of 2014. more than 11,000 have died. >>> and firefighters in california are still struggling to contain a series of huge fires across th

. >>> new surveillance video appears to show the man who destroyed hitch bot. a robot that was trying to hitchhike from massachusetts to san francisco. just two weeks in to its journey, hitch bot was destroyed in philadelphia over the weekend. the robot was a social experiment by two scientists. the idea was that people would find the time and heart to pick hitch bot up and help it on its journey. hitch bot's creators say they've got an outpouring of support and are thinking about rebuilding the robot. >> no ill will against the person who did that but it was an experiment. >>> they're living in the fire zone but some bay area homeowners are suddenly getting dropped by their insurance company, and that's perfectly legal. what to do if you can't find anybody to cover you. prep trauma unit 5. what've we got? bp 64/40 sterilize sites. multiple foreign objects in the body. tweezers. (buzz!) (buzz!) if you're the guy from the operation game, you get operated on. it's what you do. (buzz!) if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geic

we told you about hitch bot a few weeks ago in boston. went to a red sox game, found its way to new york city. it fell into trouble in philadelphia where a group of vandals decapitated it. the team behind hitch bot said in a statement, sometimes bad things happen to good robots. >> i didn't expect to happen that there was so many people happy to root for hitch bot, to talk about it, to think what it likes. that's wonderful. >> hitch bot last week read in part, my love for humans will never fade before trying to hitchhike across the u.s. it did make successful trips across canada, germany and the netherlands. it's a shame something happened. >> it was successful in other countries and right away something terrible happens here. >>> it was a big weekend for horse racing fans along the jersey shore. >> much anticipated and a packed monmouth park to see the first triple crown winner in 37 years. >> it's american pharoah and he's coming into the final furlong and he is all by himself himself. >> all by himself. american pharoah making it look

but over the weekend, hitch bot failed him. in philadelphia, where his rode trip ended after someone or some group bedded the robot and left the headst metal corpse for scrab. the driver who drove hitch bot to fork city to philly. >> who would do such a thing. the team wrote, sometimes bad things happen to good robots m. we know many fans will be disappointed and want them to beshured its not over. for now, we will focus on the question, what can learned from this? explore future adventures for robot and humans. >> i am all set and ready to go and i cannot wait to make friends along the way. >> and in that same statement, the team also said, ited into interests! in pression charges or fining the people who vandalized hitch bot instead the group wished to railroad the good time and encourage the friends and fans of the same. the technology schools offer to rebuild so it can continue the jurn if i westward. >> guys, back to you. >> that is a disappointing though. thank you. >> well, question questions both the effectiveness of al

hitch bot was relying on average joes to help him hitchhike across the united states.t like the fresh prince in bellaire hitch bot quickly found out that philadelphia isn't always full of brotherly love. in a city this has long struggled with his reputation from attacks on santa claus to snowballs, it now has a reputation as a robot killer. it was known as hitch bot, a collection of plastics and electronic junk that canadian researcher brought to life. it was part of a social experiment relying on people to pick him up and drop him off on his hitchhiking adventure. >> somehow it came to me. >> reporter: hitch bot has been globe trotting for more than a year. >> i need your help crossing all of the items off of my list. >> reporter: last year he made it safely across canada germany, and the netherlands, last month he began in boston. he went site seeing in rhode island and connecticut and a ride through manhattan's time square but apparently it was no match for the mean streets of philadelphia. >> somebody put a lot of work and money into that robot, and it has been all

hitch bot survived previous trips was found on alfred's alley dismembered friday. it left marble head massachusetts? july on its way to san francisco, creators say they don't blame the city of brotherly love for hitch bot's ends. >> this could have happened anywhere yes slutly, we don't really think it has anything to do with philadelphia. >> poor guy. no word on who is responsible for dismembering hitch bot or why they did it. >> all right, still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" we get a check on your money watch report. first what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >> lottery to purchase a papal pace is taking place riders have until 11:59 tonight to enter and will be asked to pick a preferred travel dathan time. those who end letter find out on thursday if they've won. >> also, police are investigating an overnight home invasion in south philadelphia. two suspect broke into a home just before 1:00 this morning in the 1500 block of marshall street. police found at least one victim tied up inside the home. luckily, no one was injured. >>> as outrage grows in the

what someone did to the hitch bot. you're watching "today in new york." >>> welcome back. 77 degrees out on a monday morning. news 4 and telemundo 47 are working with animal shelters to clear the shelters. on august 15th, dozens of shelters agreed to cut the cost of adoption for a special one-day event. to find one near you, head to nbcnewyork.com. we want to see your photos as well of a shelter pet that you brought home. send them to share@nbcnewyork.com. >>> horse racing fans packed monmouth park to see the first triple crown winner in 37 years. >> it's american pharoah and he's coming into the final furlong. and he is all by himself. >> yeah. pretty much. american pharoah making it look easy at the haskell invitational. they had a record crowd. nearly 61,000 people watched american pharoah win by more than two lengths. could have won by much more but the jockey, victor espinoza eased up with the race well in hand. that's how you know you got to the champion. you're like yeah, i'll take it by two lengths. >> isn't at

the station created pope bot. here's a look at pope bot.holy father inspired robot hitchhiking its way across delaware valley. the goal is to prove to the vatican that it is safe for the leader the kaj lish church to visit our region. it's been spotted in manayunk, as well as others. he was last spotted in levittown yesterday afternoon. hitchbot made its way across three countries, landed in new york city. its final ride was in philadelphia where they found it in pieces. >>> you know, last night we heard an encore of the people's pope. nbc 10 was the first local news station to visit pope francis's homeland of argentina. you can still see the stories that made up that special. all this week we'll share new reports from jim rosenfield's trip there, including the culture and experiences that helped shape the life of jorge bergoglio who became pope francis. you can see jim's reports all this week on nbc 10 news at 5:00. our nbc 10 news app will have all the security measures there and transportation changes. you'll also find the pope's itinera

it will be called the philly love bot. instead of hitchhiking it's going to have another method of transportation. >> it would be passed person to person. when somebody receives it they also make a commitment to do a good deed. >> very nice. >> all this was prompted by what happened to hitch bot in philadelphia. the robot was created as a social media experiment. when it got to philly someone destroyed it. it was found two weeks ago in pieces. that looks like the oldest continuously populated street in america. >> i did not know that. >> a historic street. >> and hitch bot met his end there. >> they're trying to make up for it. we'll see what happens. >> coming up this morning, a weird story you do not want to >>> welcome back, it's 7:19. i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. a little warmer, a little muggier than yesterday morning. i've been saying that for the past couple of days. 64 in winchester, and gaithersburg, 70 in hagerstown and 69 in downtown washington. we have that threat for a quick isolated stray storm i

hitch bot is in a big heap. hitchhiking robot that toured canada and europe met its demise in america. apparently the city of brotherly love doesn't extend to robots. that's where creators say vandals dismantled it and damaging it beyond repair. otherwise, the mobile robot was relying on the kindness of strangers to make it across the country to san francisco. >> i didn't expect that there was so many people to talk about it and see what it likes. that's wonderful. >> its creators received a photo of the vandalized robot, but they can't track it because the battery is dead as is their dream. >> it's ridiculous, but it's sitting on snow there. where is it snowing? in canada? >>> 5:26. we have seen this happen time and time again. criminals foiled by social media. police say this time it took 24 hours to track down a parolee. you wouldn't believe what he was doing when they found him. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fea

. >> talking about hitch-bot, whose story spread quickly through social media. the co-creators have been overwhelmed with offers to revive the robot after he was damaged on saturday. he was created as a social experiment to better understand how man and machine relate. hitch-bot had been two weeks into a cross-country adventure where strangers helped it travel from place to place. nbc 10 at waldrin mercy academy this morning and that's where kids are taking part in something similar. a robotics camp. we spoke with the camp's owner who says what happened to hitch-bot is terrible. >> it's really a shame it happened in philadelphia because philadelphia has such a strong phenomenal robotics community. there is tons of high school and college robotics teams. >> hitch-bot's owners say they are hoping to have the robot returned to them this week. right now it is still in philadelphia. >>> in philadelphia the heat remains and now the humidity is returning. >> not for long. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz will have the details for us. >>

falls fair he advances and scores top of 6th nori aoki giants make the game interesting, 3-2 giants bot of 6th crushes this pitch, homerun, pirates 5-2 final giants drop 6 games back in the wildcard race a's trying to avoid being swept taking time with young fans autographing this boy's baeball swinging out for the strikeout left game with an oblique strain returns from disabled list bot of 7 4-2 a's bases loaded triple scores 3 more runs 8-2 a's win this thing 7 runs on 8 hits tiger woods heading into the final round he would need a top finish to stay alive for the fedex dobule bogey--double shot even par to finish at 13 under drains it with an egale to take the league, --eagle, finished --17 under >> vicki : take a look at this. a giant female panda at the national zoo in washington has given birth this weekend. the panda named "may-shong" delivered not one.but two cubs yesterday. just a few hours apart. these are some pictures of one of them. zoo officials say both cubs appear to be healthy. the births also mark the first time four giant pandas are living at the zoo. brian teased us

run homerun even deeper to right field, 5-0 cubs also not something we like to see. 8 hits, 6 runs botof 8th, giants make a run perez and others come home, 8-5 bot of 9th people were excited, but it wasn't to be cubs up 7.5 games brandon crawford hurt himself after snapping an eight-game road losing streak yesterday. the a's were hoping to make it two straight wins in seattle tonight. and they were off to a great start. marcus semien takes this one out for a two-run homer in the 2nd to make to 4-0 a's. they eventually led 5-0. but jesse chavez couldn't hold the lead. bottom 5th.austin jackson single to center. nelson cruz and robinson cano score. 6-5 mariners and they would go on the win by that score. chavez is now tied for the most losses in the american league with 13 today in oakland just one city councilman showed up to hear plans about coliseum city. coliseum city is a 4 billion dollar plan to try and keep oakland's sports teams from leaving. including a 900 million dollar plan to keep the raiders. the head of the lead development company putting the project together says coliseu

. >>> a vandal in the city of brotherly love had no love for hitch bot. he was going for a cross country journey. the canadian researcher who created hitch bot as a social experiment said someone in philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair. the robot was trying to successfully travel across the u.s. the journey came to an end after two weeks in the u.s. but not before gaining 46,000 followers on twitter. >> there were so many people happy to root for hitch bot, to talk about it. it's wonderful. >> hitch bot first set out from martial marble head, massachusetts, with the goal of reaching sacramento. he posted sometimes bad things happen to good robots. my trip must come to an end for now but my love for humans will never faedde. thank you to all my friends. >>> another big game hunting outrage. an american hunter is accused of illegally killing a second lion in zimbabwe. what he learned about this hunter in the latest case. >>> is it too late for vice president biden to enter the race for president? one big name with local ties seems to think so. hear

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==terry/cu== a world-traveling, hitchhiking bot has metts end... ==take sot== robot noises boy: "hello? hitchbot: "salutations." beep runs :03 >>> a world traveling hitchhiking robot has met its end. >> hello? >> salutations. >> whoa, he talked to me. >> this is hitchbot. he was created by canadian researchers and has been traveling across the united states as part of a social experiment. the robot can carry on a conversation and snap pictures of its adventures. it relies on travellers to pick him up and pass him on. he was seen in philadelphia, but yesterday hitchbot's creators got an image they didn't want to see. he has been damaged beyond repair. hitch bot is not working, but they have no idea who did it or why. >> hate to hear that. >>> one last look at tomorrow. >> a bit of a cooling trend from today will carry over to tomorrow. temperatures now closer to 80 in the south bay. low 80s in the trivalley. and upper 60s and near 70 in san francisco tomorrow. >> thanks for choosing nbc bay area news. >> "open road" is next and then "america's got t

>> i call it fly bot. >> fly bot. >> yes, it's a pet name. >> but the name isn't a coincidence.d modeled is the robot after a fruitfly. >> they're able to escape faster than we can blink our eyes. >> that's how they managing to evade the fly swatter. >> yes. >> how a drone could dodge falling objects while searching for survivors earned him a spot in the google science fair, a competition for teenage innovators. >> at their age, they don't realize that thing are impossible so they go ahead and do them. that's part of the greató inspiration what we see here at the fair. >> fearlessly attacking a problem that has had grown-ups stumped, this 14-year-old has an answer to cyberbullying. >> this part of our brain called the prefrontal cortex is not developed till age 25. it controls decision making >> a web browser detects an offensive post before it's put up and asks the teen to think twice about it. a study found 93% effective and she already has a provisional patent. >> i'm going to be seen in london. >> and wow. we were just looking at that. that's great. joining me is irene van d

. >> popular youtubers jesse wellons were the last known people to see hitch-bot intact.art museum and posted their adventures on line. >> we drove it around philly for awhile. i tweeted out to all our fans that follow me on youtube and stuff, if anyone wants to take it next. >> the two left it on a bench near alfres alley hoping someone would take it to washington, d.c. hours later hitch-bot was found headless. its electronics stolen and -- >> why you do that? what did the robot did to anybody in it went to new york city but now it's here in philadelphia. then it gets destroyed. >> i'm really upset. >> reporter: the hitchbot posted in radio music city hall. the only thing more tattered is philly's reputation. >> that's a disgrace. i mean somebody put a lot of work into that robot and a lot of money and it's been all over the world and welcome to philly. let us kill you. >> it just shows don't hitchhike in philadelphia i guess. >> philadelphia police aren't investigating this because no police report has been childed. the canadian researchers say they want to focus on the

. >> philly love bot. >> i have to say the philly tech community, they're so on point, such a strong group of people. so happy. >> so sad, poor little pitch booth torn to pieces. >> get it together, people. >> well the forecast is coming together. today not looking too bad. >> today will be fantastic day, great pool day, great beach day. not terribly humid, but it will be warmer than it was yesterday. >> we can hands it will. >> you can't get much better than yesterday was, right? >> picture perfect. >> so, so beautiful. and it continues really today. high pressure is here, dairy say, actually little on the cool side walking out the door this morning, in a good way, i don't mean that in a bad way at all. you won't be cranking the heat in the car or anything, but it feels refreshing, feels almost like a football weekend. that's what i always equate it to, when you get the crisp in the air, feels like football season. getting there, but still mid august, obviously, but storm scan nice as clear, and temperatures dropped off little more readily as they tends to do. meanwhile, we continue

later in the op-ed they asked was the hitch bot killing a hate crime.s how it starts for what i like to call robocalypse. joe, hate crime. >> robot crime is to complicated. this robot had big dreams. it was going to vegas. it was going to yellow stone. it has big plans for it even though it couldn't think for itself. as a small bucketed body, it doesn't deserve this. >> he wanted to play the slots which is like having sex for a robot. >> oh. >> i know that people think i'm crazy when i talk about robot rights. my theory is time is infinite. time goes on and on and on. it's only a matter of time before we create robots that indistinguishable from humanity. when it happens we'll need rights to protect these beings because they will have feelings. robots have to have feelings. if they don't then they're cold psychopat psychopaths. does that make sense to you? >> totally not. of course it does. you're not completely off the mark. i don't know why you're concerned. >> the only handicap that a robot has now is a plug. we can unplug them or let them drain. wha

. >> reporter: hitch both bot mission was so see how many people would help it. in a huge test of humankindness, this immobile kid-sized robot counted on strangers to get around. >> it's like walking around with a celebrity. >> i think the opportunity for people to actually engage unsupervised, you know, with this kind of technology was really part of the charm of it. >> reporter: beginning in canada where it was created, hitchbot spent 26 days hitchhiking and 18 days in the neither lands and ten days in germany and grabbed a cold beer. two weeks ago, hi irks hitchbo the t hit hiked across america. start income most within hopes strangers would take it to times square, mount rush more and the grand canyon. hitch bot did well until arriving in philadelphia where it got no love from someone in the city of brotherly love. after two weeks in the u.s. the journey ended ended. of 46,000 followers, one tweeted i'm sorry your trip was cut short in philly. another, poor innocent hitchbot. >> i didn't expect to happen so many people happy to root for hitchbo the t and talk

and they would document that with the hashtag bot early live or philly love bot. >> to pay it forward. >> the hitchbot is world famous row both created as social media spear meant by two canadian inventors, hitched hiked it way through canada, europe, but when it got to philly, someone destroyed it. >> philly is much better than that, in this youtube prank of the incident, hitchbot was found nearly two weeks ago in pieces on philadelphia sidewalk. now, coming up with another model, these volunteers are hoping to make amends. >> definitely not as sophisticated as the original. >> brain storming session to come up with a prototype, the philly lot bo. it will be comprised from common household items to electronics. >> it will be an america of things that are reclaimed, refunds, recycles. once we figure out what it will be, in this basics functionality, those electronics will be available from on line sources, and so ukee sexually get a kit and build your own. >> then anyone will be able to purchase and start spreading the philly love bot hashtag booth botterl love. diana rocco, cbs news.

hitch bot. he was on a journey. to head to san francisco, but the hitch bot got destroyed by van n dalles while visiting philadelphia. they've seen so much support on social media, they're considering rebuilding hitch bot. i said it was a he. it could be a she. >> someone has to spoil it for the others. really? damaging the little robot. so rude. >> really. that's what happens. >> it's down right rude. >> we're doing good. we have active weather this week. not going to be as hot. that's the good news. but we're tracking a possibility of showers. we'll let you know when that could happen in just a few minutes. >> reporter: he'll make deliveries and even ride in a hotel elevator with you. i'm scott budman. meet the concierge of the future. >>> okay. ready for this. new from silicon valley. it's a robot that makes hotel deliveries. in case you want your next hotel stay to be a little bit like buck rogers we have a first look at the newest delivery robot. he's very busy. scott budman orders up room service. scott? >> re

. >>> still ahead, hitch bot beaten down. why the robot never made it to its final destination of san francisco. >>> plus a mystery along the coastline. a third dead whale washing ashore in pacifica in recent months. >>> the president to make a huge challenge to american america today, but california is already ahead. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. >>> northern california weather, it's going to be cooler this week. we're going to check the forecast coming up. >>> no presidential election this year, but come this november you can still be a a part of history. san mateo is poised to become the first county to hold an election with no. physical polling places. it's part of a pilot program signed into law. they hope it's going to increase voter participation while saving the county around $1 million. >>> the high gas price stories we have been running lately, those are now expected to evaporate in a big way. barring something unforeseen gas price may tumble to under $2 a gallon by the end of the year in some pa

words of hitch bot location would spread on social media and drivers would show up, bring from placeace. but that all came to an end friday night right here in philadelphia when someone spotted him bot and vandalized it. >>> good sunday morning everyone, hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. another great looking day little on the hot side. at least humidity levels remain on the comfortable side. we will check in with weather watch that's morning, good looking numbers out there still some 50's to around 07 degrees, for air temperature, start you off in one of the cooler spots just north of the city, up in perkasie, john jenkins checks in at 58 degrees, this hour, he is sitting in the sunshine, and pretty much everybody s we have the clear skies. that's with a we will be dealing with throughout your entire sunday. we head into new jersey, where rob minute mt. laurel new jersey has 64 degrees, also, with full sunshine this morning, and we'll hit up delaware here, newark delaware del or owes, she has 62 degrees sunshine, and maybe few high clouds out there. she sends in picture. ni

with a robot and word of hitch bot location would spread on social media drivers would show to bringlace to place. but unfortunately all that keim to ends friday night here in philadelphia when someone spotted hitch bot then vandalized it. >> this weekend resident in southwest philadelphia are learning about the importance of fire safety on saturday. about 200 residents had free smoke alarms installed and they learned about the dangers of fires. it is all part of the no more fire death campaign, a partnership between the red cross and philadelphia fire department. the goal here, is to eliminate fire-related death. >> experience a lot of tragedy in the city. we also had a loft successes. fire deaths have been down consistently, but they are still not at our goal. zero. people don't have to die in fire. and the best way not to die is to get that early alert and to get out. >> since june there is campaign has helped install more than 500 smoke alarms in high risk neighborhoods. >> a sad day for parishioners in kingsessing as their parish closes its doors forever. on saturday, they celeb

abc 7 news reporter, climbed aboard for a closer look at the mega bot. this is the mark two. 15-foot, 12,000 pound mega bot. play the video games. dreams of actually being the pilot. in these giant fighting robots. we wanted to make that a reality. >> it is armed with battery of 20 rapid fire air guns and massive paint ball cannon. >> this looks like it is built for war. i'm told it is built for fun. >> some of their technology could be used for future tools and industries like mining or construction. and before anyone has visions of this robot going haywire like you may have seen in science fiction movies. >> put down your weapons. he says that went happen with the mark 2. >> don't make autonomous decisions. not going to fire by themselves. still takes the pilot to pull the trigger. all that. still a human in the loop. >> it is built for robot to robot combat. so they have challenged the makers of a japanese megabot to a battle. >> they want combat. reoutfit our robot it can with stand hand-to-hand combat with a giant robot. >> they want to raise half a

hitch bot's creators say someone in fill if vandleized the robot, damaging it beyond repair.ome on. why? >> exactly. >> there is your social experiment. people -- >> case closed. >> lshs are horrible. >> not you. present company excluded. >> giants away from home. they are not hitchhiking. belt with not one but two of their four home run ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >>> this abc7 sports report is brought to you by xfinity. >> the giants are leaving town for ten games. rangers up first with cole ham elts in arlington. texas two step here before the game. join score three in the third let by brandon belt. first hit off cole hamels since july 19th. hamels gets a no decision. even though the g men found themselves trailing all night, seventh inning posey with a solo shot and scored the tying one in the eight. pence on a single. sends this game int