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Japan Airlines tests working robots for luggage and cabin cleaning as automation accelerates worldwide
Technology
Published on 1 May 2026
Baggage is just step one for aircraft cleaning
Japan Airlines is testing robots at Haneda airport to handle baggage, with the potential to also clean aircraft cabins. The pilot comes as Japan faces an aging workforce and a tourism rebound. As AI improves and hardware costs fall, similar automation is spreading across industries, promising productivity gains while reshaping jobs globally.
- Japan Airlines is trialing robots for baggage handling at Haneda
- The same robots may be expanded to cabin cleaning tasks
- The shift is driven by an aging population and rising tourism
- AI advances and cheaper hardware are accelerating global automation
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The Economic Times