The Future Of “Josie Pepper” and other Humanoids at Airports

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Josie… You’re needed at Gate 3!

But who’s Josie?

Meet Josie Pepper!

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Josie Pepper is a English speaking humanoid at Munich Airport in Germany. This humanoids Job is to help Lufthansa Passengers at Terminal 2 on everything that you could possibly imagine at an airport! Whether it’s help on getting to your gate or a store… Or on what time your flight begins boarding! She can do whatever a human can do but she… Well, isn’t Human at all!

“Josie Pepper’s “brain” contains a high-performance processor with a WLAN internet access. This creates a connection to a cloud service where speech is processed, interpreted and linked to the airport data. What sets the system apart: When this robot type speaks, it does not just deliver pre-defined texts. With its ability to learn, it answers each question individually. Just like a “real” brain, the system gets steadily better at combining questions with the relevant information to provide more precise replies.” (Munich Airport)

My Opinion:

I’m thrilled to see this come with Lufthansa’s new livery outfit! I think that this is the future and I think it’s great that these things will be there to help you!

My Questions:

• Will these replace humans overall down the line (TSA, Gate Agents, Customer Service, Customs, etc)?!?

• Could we see other airports and airlines using this by the end of 2018 or should it be tested more?

What’s Your Opinion On This?!?

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Robots can’t replace human work. That’s all I have to say. Wow. Nice find

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Someone better not spill water on it.

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Good idea, if robots fly planes, all we need is a little water

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I think I found a new salesperson motto…

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“Sir, you’re under arrest for attempting to smuggle water on to the plane.”

I don’t think that robots will be able to replace humans in every line of work. I mean, who’s going to control the robots ;)

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I wish this could be in every airport in the world

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This robot sounds like a very neat idea. :)

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Let’s hope she doesn’t end up like hitchBOT:

She seems pretty helpful, can’t wait to see funny videos of her messing up on YouTube :)

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Yeah! I think it would be so cool

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I could honestly see you taking this robot’s job

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Any relation to our very own Discbot??

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@Pilot_Dick_Dastardly - Me and DiscoBot have been talking and we would very much like to meet this Bot in person…
-JackBot

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May he rest in pieces. Only in America

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I want to talk to this robot just to say this 😂:
“Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. Mata au hi made!”

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It’s a little sad that after successfully crossing major big countries

It’s destroyed within 2 weeks of it’s Journey into the US

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At the rate that society is developing… I think it will. :)

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This is a very cool and unique idea!

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If it does we will end up like these people:

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Favorite Movie FYI (WALL-E)

But if that’s us in the future then IF will always be in front of us

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