PopeBot returns home after papal journey

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Philadelphia's PopeBot has survived its journey across the Delaware Valley.

The Preston and Steve Show on WMMR sent PopeBot on a mission around the region to prove that Philadelphians are kind.



Residents got a bad rap after the hitch-hiking robot named hitchBOT was destroyed in Center City.
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But thanks to the Philadelphia Fire Department, PopeBot completed his journey.

"I'm home," PopeBot tweeted.



Welcome home, PopeBot. Welcome home.

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