Humanoid robot Bebop delays California flight over battery safety concerns

Screenshot from news report on the incident. PIC COURTESY/YouTube/ABC7

A humanoid robot called ‘Bebop' has delayed a flight out of California Airport due to safety concerns.

Booked on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to San Diego, airport security became concerned with the actual safety of transporting the robot as a passenger.

Weighing in at around 32 kg, Bebop was set to travel "for work" with its human team. However, this only prompted further questions and delays.

"Then they come and start asking, what kind of batteries does it have?" Elite Event Robotics' Eily Ben-Abraham told ABC 11 News. According to Southwest Airlines, concerns revolved around the size of Bepop's lithium batteries.

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