No bots allowed! A 3.5-foot humanoid robot scored a seat on a Southwest Airlines flight to Dallas, but the airline grounded the bot before it could earn frequent flyer miles. Tech entrepreneur Aaron ...

*Forget crying babies and reclining seats. The strangest passenger to ever fly commercial is a 3.5-foot humanoid robot named “Stewie.” And thanks to one determined Dallas tech entrepreneur, he had a ...

A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to San Diego was delayed for over an hour after a humanoid robot passenger, Bebop, was found carrying a lithium battery exceeding the airline's size limit. The ...

One strange passenger got a lot of attention from both fellow flyers and Southwest Airlines crew, eventually leading to a carrier-wide ban.

Southwest Airlines has officially banned human-like and animal-like robots from flying on its planes. The carrier recently added a new rule prohibiting robots from airplane cabins and checked baggage.