robot pilot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of robot pilot
First recorded in 1925–30
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
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
The story got around that the plane would take off without a soul inside, fly straight to Honolulu by means of a "robot" pilot and directional radio.
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
Once a course is set the robot pilot keeps the machine on that route and errors of even a fraction of a degree are instantly and automatically detected and corrected.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
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