羽田に自動運転の車椅子　世界初、介助不要―日航

　日本航空は１日、羽田空港第１ターミナルで自動運転機能を搭載した車椅子サービスを開始した。空港で１人乗りの自動運転車椅子が実用化されるのは世界初。車椅子を押す介助者が不要となり、省力化や新型コロナウイルスの感染リスク抑制が期待できる。
　保安検査場の出口付近に設けた専用の置き場から搭乗口まで車椅子が利用者を運ぶ。使い終わった車椅子は自動で置き場に戻る。足の不自由な人や、歩行に不安がある高齢者らの利用を見込む。
　車椅子は障害物を認識するカメラを搭載し、最高時速約３キロで移動する。ベンチャー企業のＷＨＩＬＬ（横浜市）が開発を手掛けた。（2020/07/01-17:00）

Japan Airlines , in a world first, launched a practical autonomous personal mobility service for passengers at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Wednesday.
   In the service, available at Terminal One, self-driving wheelchairs take JAL flight users to boarding gates after they go through the security check. The vehicles, developed by Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture-based Whill Inc., are parked at a designated area called Whill Station. They will return to the station on their own after dropping the users.
   JAL, which introduced the robot wheelchairs last month, started the mobility service as part of its "smart airport" initiative also featuring automated baggage drop and security screening systems.
   Requiring no support from airport staff, the self-driving wheelchairs are expected to further reduce the risk of passengers being infected with the novel coronavirus, the carrier said.