🔬 Science May 17, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption

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Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption
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Southwest Airlines appears to have become the first airline to enshrine a no-robots policy into their rulebook, after a Dallas business owner tried to take his 3.5-foot robot for a jaunt through the clouds.



First reported by CBS News, Aaron Mehdizadeh, owner of robot-rental company the Robot Studio, was on his way home from a trip to Las Vegas with his robot pal “Stewie” in tow. Rather than shipping the humanoid-robot or checking it as cargo, Mehdizadeh bought the robot its own se

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