The GuardianApr 28, 3:14 AM

Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment

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 th...

BBC NewsApr 28, 10:03 AM

Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers

These robots may in future help clean cabins and operate ground support equipment.

Ars TechnicaApr 28, 6:01 PM

Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage

Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport.

Al JazeeraApr 30, 10:56 AM

Humanoid robots being trialled as airport workers in Japan

Japan Airlines says it will trial humanoid robots as workers at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

CNBCMay 1, 1:03 AM

Japan Airlines begins humanoid robot trials at Tokyo's Haneda airport as labor shortages bite

Tokyo's Haneda Airport is beginning a trial of humanoid robots in airport ground services amid chronic labor challenges and a rapidly ageing workforce.

The GuardianApr 28, 3:14 AM

Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment

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 th...

BBC NewsApr 28, 10:03 AM

Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers

These robots may in future help clean cabins and operate ground support equipment.

Ars TechnicaApr 28, 6:01 PM

Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage

Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport.

Al JazeeraApr 30, 10:56 AM

Humanoid robots being trialled as airport workers in Japan

Japan Airlines says it will trial humanoid robots as workers at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

CNBCMay 1, 1:03 AM

Japan Airlines begins humanoid robot trials at Tokyo's Haneda airport as labor shortages bite

Tokyo's Haneda Airport is beginning a trial of humanoid robots in airport ground services amid chronic labor challenges and a rapidly ageing workforce.