Japan Airlines Trials Humanoid Robots for Airport Ground Handling
Japan Airlines is conducting a trial at a Japanese airport to use humanoid robots for ground handling tasks, including baggage handling. This initiative aims to explore the potential of robotics in airport operations.
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Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers
These robots may in future help clean cabins and operate ground support equipment.
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Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages Japan’s famously conscientious but overburdened baggage handlers will soon be joined by extra staff at Tokyo’s Haneda airport – although their new colleagues will need to take regular recharging breaks. Japan Airlines will introduce humanoid robots on a trial basis from the beginning of May, with a view to deploying them permanently as a solution to ...
By Justin McCurry in Tokyo
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In the test, two robots will carry out tasks such as transporting containers and opening and closing levers that secure them.
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