Josie Pepper, a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence, will assist passengers at Munich Airport for several weeks. Josie, as she was named by the staff of Munich Airport and Lufthansa, will'welcome passengers and answer their questions about shops, restaurants and flight operations'.

Josie can speak English and will assist customers for several weeks. Josie Pepper, a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence, will assist passengers at Munich Airport for several weeks. Josie, as she was named by the staff of Munich Airport and Lufthansa, will'welcome passengers and answer their questions about shops, restaurants and flight operations'. She speaks English and, standing at 120cm, can be spoken to by children or adults. Her presence in the non-public area of Terminal 2 is part of a test to determine whether the public would be comfortable with a robot offering them advice.

A first for German airports, Josie Pepper's brain is based on IBM Watson technology, a question and answer computer system specifically developed to answer questions from the quiz show Jeopardy. Passengers at Munich Airport will have an unusual welcome when they arrive at Terminal 2. From today, Josie Pepper, a 120-centimetre tall robot will be on hand to greet them and answer questions. The innovation is a joint Lufthansa-Munich Airport project. It is the first-ever test of a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence at a German airport. For the next few weeks, Josie Pepper will welcome travellers to the non-public area of Terminal 2, which is jointly operated by Munich Airport and Lufthansa.