The thinking behind the trial is to explore how customers react to the robot and to gauge how the robot can assist passengers in an airport environment.
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
The thinking behind the trial is to explore how customers react to the robot and to gauge how the robot can assist passengers in an airport environment.
ANA’s Kevin Kajitani discusses the Avatar Visioneers Team’s plans to allow people to transport their consciousness and why it has the potential to change the world.
HMSHost is taking Pepper the Robot on a North American airport tour to attract and engage travellers, and encourage them to download the airport dining app, Host2Coast. The free mobile app offers travellers information on the nearest food & beverage locations, operating hours and menu.
Maryssa Miller, JetBlue’s Head of Digital Commerce, offers her thoughts on the future role of AI, robotics, automation and biometrics.
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Group booking, split payment and English language features have been added to Aeromexico’s Facebook Messenger chatbot.
This Christmas, Glasgow Airport has unveiled GLAdys – the UK’s first humanoid robot airport ambassador.
KLM is trialling artificial intelligence technology as a means to help answer the significant number of questions that it receives on social media.
FTE speaks to Laila Ben Salah, KLM’s Manager Product Innovation, about the final Spencer demonstration in which the robot interacted with passengers at AMS.
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Robot NAO, a 58cm-tall humanoid robot, can communicate with passengers in three languages and can interact with staff via their smart watches.
JetBlue Technology Ventures has been launched to help “shape the future travel experience” and will invest in and partner with early stage startups.
Alberto Rey-Villaverde, easyJet’s Head of Data Science, explains how the LCC will leverage artificial intelligence to make improvements across the business.
The Oxford-Emirates Data Science Lab will draw upon data science, machine learning, mathematics and big data to place data at the heart of Emirates Group.
Emirates Group, comprising Emirates Airline and dnata, has unveiled its plans to undertake an enterprise-wide transformation initiative.
Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd has signed an MOU with CYBERDYNE Inc., paving the way for Haneda Airport to become a testing ground for robot technology.
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