{"id":81071,"date":"2026-08-31T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81071"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:17:59","slug":"robot-guide-olly-stumbles-on-some-directions-gets-others-right-in-first-mrt-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81071","title":{"rendered":"Robot guide Olly stumbles on some directions, gets others right in first MRT trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAfter passing through the fare gate, turn left first, then take the escalator then pass through the F entrance to reach your destination,\u201d it said upon reaching the fare gate.<\/p>\n<p>The robot is developed by Chinese robotics firm Unitree Robotics. Olly will be supervised throughout the two-week deployment by LTA staff to ensure it remains in good working order.<\/p>\n<p>LTA said in a social media post on Aug 20 that the trial will explore how &#8220;AI-enabled technologies can support our public transport operations and make your commuting experience better&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The authority told CNA the robot is being trialled during off-peak hours to &#8220;see how it performs in a live station, and how the public reacts to it&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no immediate plan to deploy it,&#8221; it said, adding that Little India station was chosen because of its proximity to LTA headquarters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/robot-olly-little-india-mrt-station-6351896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAfter passing through the fare gate, turn left first, then take the escalator then pass through the F entrance to reach your destination,\u201d it said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--dep1C-2r--\/c_crop,h_948,w_1687,x_1,y_80\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/08\/31\/lta_humanoid_robot_-7.jpg?itok=3Xd6y0XL","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23674,1032,210,29221,4331,29222,1247],"class_list":["post-81071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-directions","tag-guide","tag-mrt","tag-olly","tag-robot","tag-stumbles","tag-trial","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}