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A Norwegian startup is building massive AI robots to help airlines reduce their carbon emissions, save water, and inspect their planes in a fraction of the time it usually takes.

A large airplane can take up to 24 hours to clean, though, so most airlines only wash them every 2 to 6 months, and when they do, they typically don’t bother to collect the water and chemicals used for the process. Instead, it’s allowed to run off into the soil, which is both wasteful and potentially damaging to the environment.

Norse Atlantic Airways, a low-cost airline based in Norway, has announced plans to begin using massive AI robots (developed by another Norwegian company, Avinxt) to quickly and sustainably wash, de-ice, and inspect its airplanes.

The AI robots: According to Avinxt, the robot’s combination of cameras and AI software allows it to clean a plane’s entire body and engine in about 75 minutes. An inspection, meanwhile, takes just 7 hours, compared to days or even weeks if done manually.

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