At least Robots don't suffer from fatigue

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At least Robots don't suffer from fatigue

#1 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Thu May 18, 2017 8:23 am

At least this pilot shouldn't fall asleep at the wheel!

http://news.sky.com/story/robot-co-pilo ... r-10881082 :D
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#2 Post by Boac » Thu May 18, 2017 12:46 pm

I've had co-pilots with comparable conversational skills (and maybe less flying skills..??) :-$

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#3 Post by Rwy in Sight » Mon May 29, 2017 8:04 pm

And the airlines would save money on dog-food guarding the pilot.

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#4 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:01 am

Now Boeing want to ditch the robots :-o

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Re: At least Robots don't suffer from fatigue

#5 Post by OFSO » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:22 pm

I keep thinking of the autopilot from 'Airplane !'.

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#6 Post by Capetonian » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:51 pm

South Africa decided they’d finally send a man up in a space capsule after sending only monkeys in the earlier missions. They send van der Merwe and a monkey into space.
The intercom crackles, 'Monkey, fire the retros.'
A little later, 'Monkey, check the solid fuel supply.'
Later still, 'Monkey, check the orbital speed and position and report back.'
Later still, 'Monkey, check the life support systems for the man.'
The astronaut takes umbrage and radios down, 'When do I get to do something?'
Mission control replies, 'In 15 minutes - feed the monkey.

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