Sunday, October 01, 2023

World's first autonomous water taxi service opens in Helsinki, Finland

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"Callboats has become the first company in the world to offer autonomous water taxi rides between the Finnish city of Helsinki and a nearby archipelago. These solar-charged electric boats aim to drastically cut prices and address a captain shortage. ...
The company has been trialing captained electric services for the last 12 months, available through a smartphone app, and is now moving to autonomous operation, backed up by remote captains handling edge-case scenarios for several boats at a time. ... Due to current regulations, these first self-piloted boats will still need to have at least one crew member on board at all times. ..."

World's first autonomous water taxi service opens in Helsinki

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