TORONTO (AP) — Going my way? A talking robot that’s been hitchhiking rides from strangers to travel from Canada’s east to west coast is nearing the end of its journey.

HitchBOT, a robot created by a team of Ontario-based communications researchers studying the relationship between people and technology, has used his garden-gloved thumb to traverse the Great White North. He’s traveled from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Kelowna, British Columbia.