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New Swiss Robot Assists Travelers with Luggage (securitymagazine.com)
A Swiss airport is testing a robot named Leo which can carry a passenger's luggage once they're approaching the terminal. Leo's baggage compartment opens when passengers press his 'Scan & Fly' touch interface, which can also print luggage tags and display a departure time and boarding gate, before delivering their luggage to a baggage handler. The airport's head of IT said the new robot "limits the number of bags in the airport terminal, helping us accommodate a growing number of passengers without compromising the airport experience inside the terminal." And the robot's developer says it proves that robotics "hold the key to more effective, secure and smarter baggage handling and is major step towards further automating bag handling in airports."
Perish the thought that we could not have the full "airport experience". I'm so glad that carrying my bags doesn't distract me anymore from being fondled and molested and standing in queue for 3+ hours, an "experience" like no others.
I'm SO grateful that someone finally took care of the REAL problems we have at airports!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.