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Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment (www.theguardian.com)
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Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That in any case. But honestly, I'm OK with this job being done by robots. It's hard, potentially dangerous work that isn't complicated/complex and that's exactly the kind of work we should strive to automate.
That the money saved probably doesn't end up where it should is a different issue.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's a fair point