Why do they need a robot arm? Commercial jetliners already fly and land themselves, the pilots just press the brakes at the end and steer to the gate.
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Why do they need a robot arm? Commercial jetliners already fly and land themselves, the pilots just press the brakes at the end and steer to the gate.
The robot arm does the last few steps that the pilot does so 100% automated flights are theoretically possible now.
it can steer through traffic back to the gate without any human input?
I can't imagine that being harder to program as what already is automated.
they don't have to avoid pedestrians or other obstacles on the ground, then you have all the same problems that driverless cars face, of course they seem to have solved most of those for cars so planes can't be far behind.