JAL to trial humanoid robots for Haneda ground handling

Japan Airlines will start a two-year trial using humanoid robots to load and unload cargo at Haneda, aiming to ease a labor shortage and potentially expand to cabin cleaning and ground-support tasks; the effort, in partnership with GMO AI & Robotics, reflects broader automation in Japan's aviation sector as inbound tourism grows and the workforce shrinks. JAL employs about 4,000 ground handlers, and more than seven million foreign visitors arrived in the first two months of the year.