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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan’s aviation industry is wrestling with a labour crunch brought on by an increase in inbound tourism and a declining working-age population, said JAL, which employs some 4,000 ground handling staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The carrier hopes that these robots can also be used to clean cabins and operate ground support equipment in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robots are already being used in some airports across Japan, including for security patrol and retail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Japan welcomed more than seven million foreign visitors in the first two months of this year, according to statistics from JTB Group, which runs Japan’s largest travel agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“While airports appear highly automated and standardised, their back-end operations still rely heavily on human labour and face serious labour shortages,” GMO AI & Robotics’ president Tomohiro Uchida told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using robots for physically demanding tasks will “provide significant benefits to employees”, Kyodo news agency quoted Yoshiteru Suzuk, the president of JAL’s Ground Service, saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he noted that some duties, including safety management, can only be handled by humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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