Our research has examined consumers’ willingness to interact with automated systems on all types of vehicles, including aircraft. Side effects of highly automated systemsOne problem that arises in planes that have highly automated systems is that the pilots can lose track of what’s actually happening. Several companies are developing fully autonomous aircraft, including Amazon and UPS, which want to use them for deliveries. Consumer willingness to fly in autonomous aircraftNo matter how far industry progress goes, the key to autonomous flight will be its customers. Automated systems, however, can be reprogrammed not to make the same errors a second time.

Source: Ethiopian News March 25, 2019 11:03 UTC