The PIBOT project won’t be finished until 2026, so there’s a chance the robot could soar among the clouds within the next few years. At that point, the engineers hope to commercialize PIBOT ...

The robot, dubbed "Pibot," can control its arms and fingers to dextrously operate the flight instruments, even with severe vibration in an aircraft, using high-precision control technology.

Pibot's innovative design allows it to operate every control in the cockpit like a human operator, simulating the movements of human pilots. This involves operating the numerous levers, switches ...

Additionally, human-in-the-loop automation allows for better quality control. The human component ensures that the machines are making the right decisions and handling exceptions properly.

Using natural language processing and AI, PIBOT can perform takeoff, landing, cruise, and taxi tasks without any modifications to the plane itself.

The robot is called PIBOT, and it sits in the plane’s cockpit like a regular human pilot and uses its “hands” to control and move the flight instruments.