Chennai Airport Introduces Humanoid Robots, Twitter Asks Them To Fix Urinals First

Two of these humanoid robots have already been introduced on a 'trial' basis

By: News Desk |
August 16, 2018 3:50 pm

To rid passengers of hassles and introduce them to smart travelling, Chennai airport launched humanoid robots on Thursday. The robot will be at the service of visitors, performing a variety of different tasks, including welcoming passengers and answering queries with special abilities to ‘decipher accents’.

Humanoid Robots introduced on trail basis at Chennai Airport.The robot will provide info on Chennai Airport and it’s amenities.This autonomous bots can navigate on its own, identify& greet passengers and respond to queries deciphering variances in accent,converse with wit&fun!! pic.twitter.com/f5i6Wb6KJc

— Chennai(MAA) Airport (@aaichnairport) August 15, 2018

Two of these humanoid robots have already been introduced on a ‘trial’ basis. One bot has been positioned at the ‘Arrival’ and ‘Departure’ sections in the domestic terminal. “Humanoid Robots introduced on trial basis at Chennai Airport. The robot will provide info on Chennai Airport and its amenities,” the official Twitter handle of the Chennai airport said.

The robots can navigate by themselves, they can even identify and greet passengers and clear all their doubts.

However, this latest use of artificial intelligence couldn’t manage to impress Twitter even a bit.

First let AAI Chennai maintain urinals properly without leak. Then let them do all the other dramas. By the way are glass panes still falling? Why can’t Chennai Airport apply for Guinness record??

— Mithra Varuna (@MithraVaruna) August 15, 2018

Hope this robot can predict and alert passengers on glass fallings. pic.twitter.com/MSFtfifsPK

— Karthik (@iKarthikSpeaks) August 15, 2018

1) it’s trial*
2) I’d rather add more immigration counters in the arrival hall instead of robots that can greet.

— Yashwanth Sivakumar (@Yashwanth1894) August 15, 2018

Please make sure the restrooms are at the bare minimum usable which is basic and more important than humanoid gimmicks

— Kreshnaa (@raam_kreshnaa) August 16, 2018

And in the future, the bot will also teach its bosses not to spend money on these mere wasteful aesthetic additions and to rather spend on such essential facilities as building and maintaining clean toilets.

— Aspiring Writer (@AspiringWrite14) August 15, 2018

dear officers, thanks. But pls visit other Intl airports in INDIA like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, etc & see facilities

— s jaafar (@jaafars) August 15, 2018

We have been using “Sivagami” computer before robots were invented. What is so novel about this?

— Sachin Athreya (@SachinAthreya) August 15, 2018