New Swiss Robot Assists Travelers with Luggage (securitymagazine.com) 40
A Swiss airport is testing a robot named Leo which can carry a passenger's luggage once they're approaching the terminal. Leo's baggage compartment opens when passengers press his 'Scan & Fly' touch interface, which can also print luggage tags and display a departure time and boarding gate, before delivering their luggage to a baggage handler. The airport's head of IT said the new robot "limits the number of bags in the airport terminal, helping us accommodate a growing number of passengers without compromising the airport experience inside the terminal." And the robot's developer says it proves that robotics "hold the key to more effective, secure and smarter baggage handling and is major step towards further automating bag handling in airports."
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Will Leo expect a $10 tip for carrying my bags?
Yes, and it has to be in Bitcoin.
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Will Leo expect a $10 tip for carrying my bags?
No, Leo will demand a $50 fee for handling your bag.
That is all what airlines are about these days . . . charging extra, for stuff that used to be included for free.
Heard during to safety talk, on a cheapo airline:
"If you have booked your flight with our extra security package, you will find a seat belt in your seat. Otherwise, if you wish to now have a seat belt during the flight, please contact one of our flight attendants, who can provide you with one for a token fee of $100."
"In the event that the
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Will Leo expect a $10 tip for carrying my bags?
No but I bet if you put a bomb in side him he'll goes to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel! (Yes I know I'm paraphrasing Douglas Adams)
Umm ,,, (Score:2)
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The robot is not configured in a way to enable X-ray scanning of the luggages. Metal detection is useless, these luggages are going into the cargo space and carrying metal in such luggages is not forbidden. You cannot carry a gun, a knife through the passengers' security area. That's not what these robots are intend to.
Performing facial recognition and identification is a plus at my opinion, it just accelerate the processing no need anymore to go to a counter of the airline company.
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Setting a bomb off in an area where people are, even if it's "just" the scanning area, is very effective. It means you can't predict where the next attack will be because there's no "this is a target but that isn't" any more.
The goal is fear and disruption. Any deaths are seen as just a bonus to them.
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Setting a bomb off in an area where people are, even if it's "just" the scanning area, is very effective. It means you can't predict where the next attack will be because there's no "this is a target but that isn't" any more. The goal is fear and disruption. Any deaths are seen as just a bonus to them.
If you just want to find a crowd, why would you need to go to an airport? You can find those at hundreds of different places. The point is to create a massive overreaction, but then the threat has to be narrow enough that it's feasible like say flying or taking the subway. If they hit a mall, it's just not realistically possible to create a "Mall Security Agency" based on the TSA with security checkpoints. People won't stop going to malls and if they start rationalizing it like there's 300 dead in a populat
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Well, you could reconfigure the robot...
Passengers' checked-bags are X-rayed and scanned for anything "suspicious." This is why you can no longer lock your bags. The TSA has left an occasional note in my bag saying that they opened it to check out something.
It's an interesting idea to have the helpful robot meet you at curbside to take your bags, scan them, and perhaps deliver them to the appropriate place (e.g., "safe", "suspicious").
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Last time I got one of those notes, they stole my flashlight...
Thank God! (Score:4, Funny)
Perish the thought that we could not have the full "airport experience". I'm so glad that carrying my bags doesn't distract me anymore from being fondled and molested and standing in queue for 3+ hours, an "experience" like no others.
I'm SO grateful that someone finally took care of the REAL problems we have at airports!
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Perish the thought that we could not have the full "airport experience". I'm so glad that carrying my bags doesn't distract me anymore from being fondled and molested and standing in queue for 3+ hours, an "experience" like no others.
I'm SO grateful that someone finally took care of the REAL problems we have at airports!
Needs more work...
If you watched the video: https://www.sita.aero/innovati... [sita.aero]
and imagine hundreds or thousands of those boxes "avoiding" = standing still when people are in front, how those boxes are progressing in an airport?environment.
Security is definitely an issue - never leave your suitcase alone out of your control - hack this robot and fill it up....
Avoiding lines is tempting, probably there will be a price tag on this service, yet another human class distinction...
Re: Thank God! (Score:1)
Compromising the airport experience??? (Score:2)
The airport's head of IT said the new robot "limits the number of bags in the airport terminal, helping us accommodate a growing number of passengers without compromising the airport experience inside the terminal
What the fuck is there to compromise in the airport experience?
Let's summarize shall we:
- Arrive at the airport. Park at the super-uber-overpriced airport parking lot - or pay the super-uber-overpriced cab driver.
- Enter the terminal. From here on, you can't smoke or vape - so sneak a quick one before entering.
- Find your friggin' check-in desk. Despite arriving 3h early, there's a million tourists with too many luggages and no mastery of english whatsoever already waiting in line.
- It's your turn: lift the
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This robot allows you to skip waiting in line to check in your luggage. So if you have a pre-printed boarding pass, you can go straight to your gate, saving time and skipping many of the inconveniences on your list. So what are you complaining about?
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What the fuck is there to compromise in the airport experience?
Let's summarize shall we:
- Arrive at the airport. Park at the super-uber-overpriced airport parking lot - or pay the super-uber-overpriced cab driver.
It's Switzerland. Super-uber-overpriced is the norm in the entire country.
- Enter the terminal. From here on, you can't smoke or vape - so sneak a quick one before entering.
GVA has smoking lounges for the terminally addicted behind security. Before security you can just slip out the terminal for 5 minutes.
- Find your friggin' check-in desk. Despite arriving 3h early, there's a million tourists with too many luggages and no mastery of english whatsoever already waiting in line.
That may be a bit of a problem, especially in the winter season. But at least then it's Brits that congest the place, and they do speak English!
- It's your turn: lift the fucking luggage onto the scale - pay an extra $100 because it's 2 grams overweight.
Only when you are flying Swiss
- Get entered into the airline database. Get issued a stupid e-ticket printed on 40g thermal toilet paper. Pray you don't lose it.
Evere heard of e-ticketing, on your phone? If you insist un getting a printed boarding pass, you might as well travel by horse and
"Too Many Luggages" (Score:2)
Thank you for that.
Minimal benefit when located on the sidewalk (Score:1)
Switzerland rejected UBI 78% against (Score:1)
Cue the /. comments how this development requires UBI to 'take care' of the poor language handlers in Geneva. Of-course Switzerland just voted down an attempt at UBI in a democratic referendum, 78% against the UBI.
I discuss why UBI is the wrong idea [slashdot.org] in a few posts [slashdot.org] and there is an obvious backlash from the usual suspects here.
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Cue the /. comments how this development requires UBI to 'take care' of the poor language handlers in Geneva. Of-course Switzerland just voted down an attempt at UBI in a democratic referendum, 78% against the UBI.
I discuss why UBI is the wrong idea [slashdot.org] in a few posts [slashdot.org] and there is an obvious backlash from the usual suspects here.
The baggage handlers would probably be living in France anyway.
Swiss Army Robot? (Score:2)
It runs on clockwork, of course, and comes with hundreds of little, useful tools, such as knife blades, saws etc, all made to the highest standards.
The Luggage (Score:2)