Qantas Autonomous Wheelchair Trial

[Quickstatus]

WHILL Autonomous Wheelchairs
I have not seen this reported elsewhere
Trialled by QF at SYD DOm for 2 weeks and later at MEL and BNE
I suspect only suitable for passengers who can self transfer.

 

[esquire]

Saw two today in T1 MEL taking themselves somewhere !

 

[SYD]

Saw two today in T1 MEL taking themselves somewhere !

Yes, I saw one on arrival at MEL T1 last Thu. It could have been heading to my flight (empty of PAX).

I regret not taking a video and posting here but I was in the WTAF is that mode until it passed by and realised it wasn’t a runaway!

 

[TheInsider]

Yes, I saw one on arrival at MEL T1 last Thu. It could have been heading to my flight (empty of PAX).

I regret not taking a video and posting here but I was in the WTAF is that mode until it passed by and realised it wasn’t a runaway!

If your in MEL soon, jump in one and test it out.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

There is still a guy in MEL T1 doing/holding the remote.
For now, its testing still.
If you watch carefully, you will see a man following behind, with a remote control sort of thing.
And yes, it will make a musical tone.
I guess when the testing is done, it can move by itself back to its charging station, near the chocolate shop.
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As that cannot get onto the plane, so the person using it, must be still able to walk a bit from plane seat, to plane door, to get onto the thingo.