Robot pilots take off

FLIGHT chiefs have given the green light to robot pilots.

- by JERRY LAWTON Chief Reporter

The Federal Aviation Administration has given Reliable Robotics permission to run entire flights on autopilot with no human input.

The first US bot test flights have already happened in a Cessna 208B Caravan.

The pilot-free version completed a 12-minute flight from taxi to landing without a human touching its controls.