Just make a surfboard-type vehicle you can get on and off of easily, and have a little droid bay (holder) for your robo buddy, who'll probably return. Assuming he doesn't have a sacrifice-for-the-mission moment later. It'll be just like the twelve-time Oscar-winning movie, The Skateboard Kid.
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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame