But this isn’t an animatronic for a new Star Wars attraction. Instead, it’s an actual robot pilot—one that can reportedly learn how to fly a plane simply by reading the manual.

The next time you fly, your pilot might be a robot. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a robot that can fly a plane all by itself. Their pilot ...

Robot can help you get to your plane on time By Amy Kraft November 27, 2015 / 12:03 PM EST / CBSNews.com We've all been there.

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. A recent demonstration tested the use of a robot in helping to fly a plane, ...

We joke a lot about the eventual robot apocalypse — when mankind will inevitably be enslaved by our very own creations and forced to serve… ...

Using natural language processing and AI, PIBOT can perform takeoff, landing, cruise, and taxi tasks without any modifications to the plane itself.