India’s national carrier Air India earned itself a place in history as it became the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot as an alternate taxiing equipment on an Airbus aircraft.
The Taxibot is a pilot-controlled semi-robotic aircraft tractor that helps in the taxiing of an aircraft from the parking bay to the runway and vice versa.
Taxibots are said to be of great help in reducing CO2 emissions and aviation fuel consumption.
The towing machine will cut down around 800 Kg of the poisonous gas from the atmosphere for every 15 minutes of its usage.
The robotic vehicle is developed by Israel Aerospace Industries along with French TLD Group.