{"id":301358,"date":"2026-05-05T20:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301358\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:39:24","slug":"meet-bebop-humanoid-robot-causes-southwest-flight-delay-out-of-oakland-airport-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/301358\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Bebop: Humanoid robot causes Southwest flight delay out of Oakland Airport &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND, California (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/humanoid-robot-named-bebop-causes-southwest-airlines-flight-delay-oakland-san-francisco-bay-airport\/19016906\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KGO<\/a>) \u2014 Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to San Diego arrived more than an hour late Thursday after an unusual traveler \u2014 a humanoid robot \u2014 prompted a runway delay.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-pound robot, named Bebop, was traveling for work when it became the focus of questions and safety checks before departure.<\/p>\n<p>Before boarding, Bebop even put on a brief show for passengers.<\/p>\n<p>But once the robot was strapped in, concerns arose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen they come and start asking, what kind of batteries does it have? What\u2019s going on with this? X, Y and Z. They want to see it,\u201d said Eily Ben-Abraham with Elite Event Robotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd meanwhile, I\u2019m, like, watching his flight, and I keep seeing online, \u2018runway delay,&#8217;\u201d said Chana Ben-Abraham with Elite Event Robotics.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Southwest Airlines said Bebop\u2019s lithium battery exceeded the airline\u2019s maximum allowable size and was confiscated, leading to the delay.<\/p>\n<p>Elite Event Robotics said it is now working to recover the battery before its next scheduled appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Dorsey: \u201cSo, will Bebop be joining you on another flight then in the future?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be there on Sunday,\u201d Chana Ben-Abraham said. \u201cWe\u2019re overnighting batteries to Chicago tomorrow to hopefully be able to fulfill the next event request.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, we got him under 100 pounds, so I shouldn\u2019t have to worry about actually, like, walking him through the terminals,\u201d Eily Ben-Abraham said.<\/p>\n<p>The delay ended, and the flight continued \u2014 leaving behind a travel story that could only be told in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>The-CNN-Wire\u2122 &amp; \u00a9 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, California (KGO) \u2014 Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to San Diego arrived more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-301358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}