Originally Posted by
bluesideoops
it seems totally pointless to me - given that majority of the controls manipulate themselves when on autopilot/autoland, why not just automate the whole cockpit and 'cut' the robot out? if you want the automation to 'work' with the pilot put in AI interface with voice recognition....still think that the overall concept of removing humans will eventually be realised anyhoo
The idea is to use the thing in military aircraft that are not fitted with the levels of automation that a 737 has. They just used a 737 for the demo because it was available, and a B52 or C5 (or whatever) wasn't.