Future travels for Hitchbot?

The hitchhiking robot that became a social media darling as it documented its travels throughout the world likely hasn’t taken its last ride.

Hitchbot’s co-creators say they’re mulling future travel plans for the child-sized, solar-powered machine, despite the fact that their pet project met a violent and untimely end on the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend.

Hitchbot, which successfully thumbed rides across Canada and travelled parts of Europe without incident, was left in a pile of trash with its arms lying nearby and its head missing altogether.

The components that survived the attack are currently being shipped back to Canada.