Troika (robot)

2017: Use at the airports

Since July, 2017 across the territory of the international airport Incheon (Incheon International Airport) in 70 km from Seoul the self-propelled Troika robots created by LG Electronics company begin to ply, ABC News reports.

Robots will explain to passengers how to pass on landing and if necessary to accompany tourists and also will help personnel of cleaning service to maintain purity of floors in the largest aviation node of South Korea which is going to host the first Winter Olympic Games in 2018.

The Troika robot at the airport Incheon

Troika robots 140 cm high are in front equipped with the rectangular display similar to the huge smartphone. On the screen information on run, the card of the airport or a weather forecast can be displayed. Besides, on the rounded-off "head" of the robot the touchpad representing "person" with is located the winking or smiling eyes.

As Kim Hyoungrock told, the chief engineer of LG supervising development, Troika is guided in the terminal of the airport and is able to avoid collisions with passengers and other obstacles. Besides, the robot is capable to understand and talk in the English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese languages.

To find the boarding gate, the tourist needs to insert the ticket into the scanner for reading of information on run then Troika will specify whether the person that it was carried out wants. The robot guide reacts to the name and can address tourists with the words of type: "Please, follow me!"

As explained in the press service of the airport, bots of Troika will not become replacement to human personnel, and will help employees, especially during night shifts and at accomplishment of physical work. It is supposed that further robots will be able to warn passengers about the objects prohibited to transportation in airplanes and also will give food in luxury lounges and to help with transfer of baggage.^[1]

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