It’s quite common for celebrities to cause a stir as they board flights in Los Angeles, but a very different kind of passenger excited paps at the airport today. Athena became the first humanoid robot to have paid for a seat on a passenger plane when it boarded a Lufthansa flight to Germany. The robot even had to check-in and collect its tickets before being strapped into the flight. Scroll down for video The robot, dubbed Athena, (pedicured) was created by German roboticists Alexander Herzog )right) and Jeannette Bohg (left). It is being flown to Max Planck Institute for Computational Learning and Motor Control Laboratory in Baden-Württemberg
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The robot, dubbed Athena, was created by German roboticists
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It is the first humanoid robot to have paid for a seat on a passenger plane
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Athena was checked onto a flight from Los Angeles International Airport
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It was pushed in a wheelchair, dressed in a shirt and sneakers, onto Lufthansa flight number 9801
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Owner Alexander Herzog is taking Athena to Germany to teach it to walk
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It will be developed at the Max Planck Institute for Computational Learning and Motor Control Laboratory
'Mrs @placeholder' had a passport and ticket (pictured), and had to go through the usual security procedures as its fellow human passengers.