Starting from May this year, Japan Airlines will trial-deploy Ushu Technology G1 humanoid robot at Haneda Airport in Japan. It is understood that G1 will assist human ground staff in handling luggage and cargo to cope with the increase in tourists and labor shortages. According to statistics from the Japan National Tourism Administration, more than 7 million tourists have arrived in Japan from January to February 2026. However, the aging trend of the country's society is still intensifying. By 2040, Japan may need more than 6.5 million foreign workers to maintain economic growth.
In the demonstration, the robot could carry goods to the aircraft conveyor belt and make gestures towards nearby workers, demonstrating the robot's preliminary collaboration capabilities in a real production environment.
Japan Airlines introduced that applying robots to manual labor can significantly reduce employee stress and improve overall working conditions, but key responsibilities such as safety management will still be controlled by humans.
At the same time, this pilot plan was assisted by GMO Internet Group. They first used NVIDIA Isaac Simulator to train the robot to complete the work in a virtual environment.
Create a digital twin of the robot through motion capture and video data, simulate the human learning process in a computer virtual scene, and migrate the twin data to the real robot after tuning to achieve smooth operation in the real environment.