robot pilot

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.

More apprehensive than ever, Dollard finally yielded to his fears and surrendered his controls to the robot pilot.

He had the coordinates of the beacon he had chosen for his appointment point and the robot pilot took him to that area with automatic precision.

In every test the robot pilot has steered an accurate course for hours at a time and over distances up to 400 miles while human members of the crew have been concerned with other duties.

After feeding a course tape into the robot pilot, I strapped into the acceleration tank and went to sleep.