(KTLA) – If you’re planning to bring your humanoid robot with you on your next vacation, prepare for some bad news.
Southwest Airlines has recently updated its company policy to ban any “human-like or animal-like robots” from both the cabin and checked baggage, “regardless of size or purpose.”
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The change comes after a “handful of recent experiences in which Customers either bought seats for devices or tried to carry them on as baggage,” a Southwest representative told Nexstar. One of those incidents reportedly resulted in a flight delay after a passenger attempted to travel with a humanoid robot on a Southwest flight out of Oakland, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Instagram videos from a company called Elite Event Robotics. The customer had purchased a seat for the robot but was told the device’s lithium battery “exceeded the maximum allowable size,” a Southwest representative told the outlet.
A separate incident, also documented on Instagram, appeared to involve a robot causing confusion on a Southwest flight out of Las Vegas…