HUMANOID PILOT: PIBOT, A TOY-SIZED ROBOT, LEARNS HOW TO FLY A REAL PLANE (VIDEO) (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 19:25

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It might be not long from now that robots will be flying planes. A tiny humanoid robot proved that when he successfully completed a take-off, a short flight and a landing in a flight simulator.

Going by the name PIBOT, the robot knows how to use each button and switch that can be found in a real cockpit of an ordinary civilian aircraft.

In a video featuring the robot, PIBOT is seen preparing flight during a simulation, grabbing control sticks and guiding “the plane” from take-off back to landing. The footage was presented at a robotics event, called IROS 2014, in Chicago last week.

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