Japanese airline starts testing robot baggage handlers, and the early returns are not impressive [FOX News]
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There's no question that robots are going to be coming for some folks' jobs sooner rather than later, and it looks like baggage handlers could be one of the first on the robo-chopping block. Japan Airlines is going to start rolling out its humanoid robots to help with baggage at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Now, while I'm usually not one to celebrate something like this — I feel it's just one step closer to all of us having to pay our respects to robot overlords — I was excited about it. As soon as I saw that guy chucking guitars on the ground at LAX, I changed my tune on robots in this instance. However, upon seeing what this robot can do when it comes to baggage handling, I think we've got quite a few years of humans throwing suitcases on the ground. The early returns are simply not impressive. Did... did it actually do anything? I mean, if waving at the luggage doesn't count. As soon as I saw that humanoid robot take its first, wobbly steps, I knew that this was going to
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