Škoda Group has carried out a demonstration in Finland of a tram being driven autonomously without a driver. Škoda’s breakthrough took place at a tram depot at Tampere Finland, with a tram fitted with its Smart Depot ecosystem. The demonstration included automatic movement in various scenarios, all without any input from a driver. The demonstration of the driverless tram comes one year after the project was announced and marks a major step towards full autonomous operation.
Development of the Smart Depot ecosystem was carried out by Škoda in the Czech Republic… During the demonstration at the Tampereen Ratikka tram depot, complex tasks that the tram was required to perform were entered remotely via a server application.