A team of researchers has developed the world’s first humanoid robot pilot. As well as being able to slide easily into the pilot’s seat and use its hands to flip switches in the cockpit, the robot – called PIBOT – uses AI technology to memorize flight charts and emergency protocols.
There’ve been a number of robot pilots developed over the years. In 2016, DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) accompanied a human pilot in performing some basic in-flight maneuvers. The following year saw ALIAS land a Boeing 737 using a simulator, and soon after, RE2 Robotics announced that it had been tapped by the US Air Force to develop the Common Aircraft Retrofit for Novel Autonomous Control (CARNAC) system, a drop-in robotic system designed to fly an unmodified aircraft. Then, in 2019, the ROBOpilot made its maiden two-hour flight.
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The difference between these robot pilots and the one developed by researchers at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is that PIBOT, the newest robot designed to fly a plane, uses AI technology and is a humanoid. It’s the humanoid part that makes it a world first.
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