Saturday, December 20, 2014

Should a robot fly Coach, Business, First Class, or Cargo Hold?



Great little article from Daily Mail...

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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..."
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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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