Robots introduced at Chennai airport

The Chennai Airport on Wednesday introduced two humanoid robots on a trial basis positioned at the Arrival and Departure sections in the domestic terminal to perform a variety of actions, including greeting passengers and responding to queries, even able to identify different accents.

The official Twitter handle of the Chennai airport, tweeted, "Humanoid Robots introduced on trial basis at Chennai Airport. The robot will provide info on Chennai Airport and its amenities."

It further said, "These autonomous bots can navigate on their own, identify and greet passengers and respond to "queries deciphering variances in accent" and converse with them."