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Southwest Airlines bans robots after humanoid ‘Stewie’ takes a flight

Dallas businessman Aaron Mehdizadeh took his 3.5-foot-tall robot on a Southwest flight between Las Vegas and Dallas, and two days later, Southwest updated its policy to ban the robots from its flights.

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Southwest Airlines bans robots after humanoid ‘Stewie’ takes a flightDallas businessman Aaron Mehdizadeh took his 3.5-foot-tall robot on a Southwest flight between Las Vegas and Dallas, and two days later, Southwest updated its policy to ban the robots from its flights.
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