Japan Airlines trials humanoid robots as ground handlers

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Japan Airlines (JAL) will start using humanoid robots in ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda airport from May, in a two-year trial it said is aimed at easing employees' workload. For a start, the Chinese-made robots will be deployed to load and unload cargo containers, JAL and GMO AI & Robotics, its partner in the project, said in a demonstration to the media on Monday. Japan's aviation industry is wrestling with a labour crunch brought on by an increase in inbound tourism and a declining

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