Monday 28 August 2006

Robots On A Plane

I wonder when the world's first fully-robotic passenger airline will go public. I expect we will first see this for freight - relatively small, unpressurised jet aircraft zipping here and there on autopilot, landing and being unloaded by robots, contents scanned and dispatched. RoboExpress. It would get pretty cheap, I'd bet. Before long, someone would ask why we don't have that kind of service for passenger aircraft, and a few people would put together the world's first fully robotic passenger flight. They'd gain a reputation for being just as safe as human-piloted planes (though those would still be in demand). When the world has grown up with it rather than having it introduced, it will just be accepted.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - I know you're all thinking "but what about terrorists?".
PPS - Let the robots figure that one out.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the next logical step is to have robot passengers... think of all the money airline companies could save if they didn't have to provide all those crappy meals!