What a chair!

This self-driving chair is called an Autonomous Drive System. It is on a test drive at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)
The system works like a wheelchair, except that it drives ahead without anyone pushing it. (WHILL)
It can be folded up and packed in a trunk. (WHILL)
The Autonomous Drive System breaks down into pieces. (WHILL)
Grips on the wheels enable it to drive on all surfaces, even a sandy beach. (WHILL)

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Do you need to get to your plane fast? Hop on. Tap a tablet. Off you go!

The chair zips along by itself. You’re at the boarding gate in minutes.

READ MORE: The autonomous mobility system was tested at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. It seats one person and travels about two miles per hour. It will return automatically to where it started. The rider uses a tablet to start and stop the chair. Designers hope that chairs like this will one day be used in hospitals, parks, and shopping centers too. We were created to help one another. Ecclesiastes 4:9 says, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.”