The robot that's going on HOLIDAY! Athena becomes the first robot to buy a seat on a passenger plane - and 'she' even has her own passport

The robot, dubbed Athena, was created by German roboticists
It is the first humanoid robot to have paid for a seat on a passenger plane
Athena was checked onto a flight from Los Angeles International Airport
It was pushed in a wheelchair, dressed in a shirt and sneakers, onto Lufthansa flight number 9801
Owner Alexander Herzog is taking Athena to Germany to teach it to walk
It will be developed at the Max Planck Institute for Computational Learning and Motor Control Laboratory..."

It’s quite common for celebrities to cause a stir as they board flights in Los Angeles, but a very different kind of passenger excited paps at the airport today.

Athena became the first humanoid robot to have paid for a seat on a passenger plane when it boarded a Lufthansa flight to Germany.

The robot even had to check-in and collect its tickets before being strapped into the flight..."

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