Lara, the robot visualized above, is the first humanoid robot to pass safety and have her own seat on a plane. The reason she had to travel by means of airline was that FedEx had lost and damaged her on previous trips. On the way back from Robofest, which she placed 5th in, safety didn’t really want to let her on the plane. They’re lucky they didn’t all get detained. Fortunately, Robofest made the news and one guard had seen it. They call Lara autonomous, but state that she can only step her limbs based on commands. Their reason for calling her autonomous is that she doesn’t need to be tethered to a computer to do this. Does that really qualify as autonomy?