robot pilot
Example Sentences
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As soon as the plane reached cruising altitude, Langford, sitting in the back seat, pushed a button, and a robot pilot took over from the human one.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2012
On the second day, after passing Nigeria, the robot pilot quit, leaving the human pilots to guess their way through rain squalls and the second night.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the ship guided by a robot pilot and directional radio beam, Captain Edwin C. Musick and Chief Pilot Sullivan checked the course with blind-flying instruments.
From Time Magazine Archive
All trans port pilots do it as a matter of course, letting a robot pilot keep the plane on the flying beam radioed from each major airport.
From Time Magazine Archive
I've got the robot pilot on, so we can leave the ship to itself.
From Islands of Space by Campbell, John Wood
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