Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A humanoid pilot, dubbed Pibot, operates an aircraft inside a cockpit simulator. Photo courtesy of KAIST SEOUL, July 20 (UPI) -- ...

A team of researchers has developed the world’s first humanoid robot pilot. As well as being able to slide easily into the pilot’s seat and use its hands to flip switches in the cockpit, the robot – ...

South Korea's Navy tested a humanoid robot as a ship helmsman, having it follow spoken orders, steer a simulated vessel and report course changes.

The robot’s memory is so large that it can memorise all Jeppesen navigation charts, a task that is impossible for human pilots. Both artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have made significant ...

South Korea’s Navy tested for the first time a humanoid robot that is replacing a sailor at a ship’s wheel. Steering duties were taken over by a KAIST-built machine called PIBOT. The military is ...

"Our pilot robot PIBOT can manage everything in the airplane including turning on and off the engines and fly the airplane, take off crews and land everything." PIBOT was tested in a flight simulator ...

People fear that robots will take their jobs one day, and this is a frightening prospect for many professions. Although highly repetitive tasks are considered best suited to be performed by robots, ...

If you’ve stood in line for Disneyland’s “Star Tours” ride before, the below picture might look a little familiar. But this isn’t an animatronic for a new Star Wars attraction. Instead, it’s an actual ...

“Steer 10 degrees to the left, hold at 110 degrees.” Inside a first-class ship handling simulator at the Navy Education Command in Jinhae on the afternoon of July 23, a mechanical voice acknowledged ...

SEOUL, July 20 (UPI) --The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said its scientists have developed a humanoid robot that can fly aircraft. Headed by Professor Shim Hyun-chul, the ...