Pope Bot Philly – The Papal Robot Hitchhiker

Pope Bot's journey is complete! Scroll down to see photos from his adventure. 

All the places he has been, the great people he has met and the progression of all those rad sticker editions can be seen on this interactive map of his journey. (h/t Matt & Santino from esri.com)

View the interactive map HERE

Bio:  Hello, I’m Pope Bot. Inspired by my friend, #HitchBot, who sadly met his demise in Philadelphia, I am taking a journey around the Delaware Valley. The goal of my adventure is to prove to the Vatican that this area is a safe environment for the leader of the church.

Prizes were awarded to the person who posted the best photo with me each week. (see winners below)

Follow: 

  @PopeBotPhilly  |  #PopeBotPhilly

UPDATES

9/29/15 - After 45 days he made it back to the radio station!

9/27/15 - Pope Bot reached the papal alter. Goal accomplished!

That post was unanimously selected the Week 7 Photo winner. The members of the Philadelphia Fire Department donated the cash prize to the FF Daniel Sweeney Scholarship Fund.

 | Winners of the Pope Bot Photo Contest: weeks 1 - 6 | 

Remember when we didn't hear from Pope Bot for a few days and thought this whole social experiment was over?

To be honest, we didn't think he would make it past Day 1! We were so surprised after the first week we arranged the photo montage below set to "Somewhere Out There".  Look how clean he is!:

| Thank you to everyone around the country who talked about Pope Bot? |

-Our friend Chris Hardwick mentioned Pope Bot on his Comedy Central show, Midnight. Watch the full video.

-Watch Pope Bot's visit to Fox 29's Good Day:

-NBC Nightly News shared the story nationwide (begins at 18 min):

-The New York Daily News interviewed Preston and Steve for this article: "Papal Robot Travels Across Philadelphia"

-Anchor Joe Roetz, who is originally from Levittown, included Pope Bot in his broadcast on  NBC 2, Fort Myers, FLA

The Philly Voice (update) • City Paper • 6 ABC • Philly.com • The Philly Voice  •  NBC 10 • Reddit • Billy Penn • Doylestown Patch  • Al Día News • NJ.com • Fox 43

And big thanks to genius Art Director, Greg Monaghan, who built the bot (and that Tiki Bar too!)

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