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Japan Airlines to Trial Chinese Humanoid Robots for Aircraft Towing and Cabin Cleaning at Haneda
Japan Airlines will launch a two-year trial of humanoid robots for ground-handling tasks at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The trial runs from May 2026 through 2028 in partnership with GMO AI & Robotics and uses models from Unitree and UBTech. @SCMPNews reported the announcement made last week.
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Japan Airlines is launching a two-year trial using humanoid robots for ground-handling operations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The trial is conducted through a partnership with GMO AI & Robotics. @SCMPNews reported that the experiment is scheduled to begin this month and continue through 2028.
Tasks in the trial include aircraft towing, baggage and cargo loading and unloading, and cabin cleaning. The trial will use Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot and UBTech’s Walker E model, according to reports by Asia Business Daily and CNBC. Japan Airlines announced the trial last week.
Unitree is based in Hangzhou. UBTech is based in Shenzhen. 3 metres tall and weighs roughly 35 kg. The G1 is designed with agile movement capabilities suited to industrial operations and logistics handling.
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