AMS Institute with MIT, TU Delft and Wageningen University · autonomous vessel
Roboat
Electric canal boats, the 4 m Roboat III carrying up to five people, designed to find their own way through Amsterdam's canals without a skipper as part of a 2016-2021 research programme.
- Price
- —Research project, not sold (EUR 25 million programme budget)
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- TestingDriverless tests only
- Fleet
- 2Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Two full-scale units deployed in Amsterdam in 2021 were described as the world's first urban autonomous vessels.
Real-world use
A shuttle was tested on 5 October 2018 between Oosterdokskade and the NEMO science centre; two full-scale Roboats were deployed on Amsterdam's canals by October 2021.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2018-10-05
- Released
- Not yet
How it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless tests only
- Where it runs
- Amsterdam canals, Netherlands
- Fleet
- 2 full-scale units launched in 2021 (MIT News, Oct 2021).
Public attention
How much public attention Roboat gets, from open data.
- 203 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Roboat)
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Roboat is the only vehicle from AMS Institute with MIT, TU Delft and Wageningen University in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedResearch project, not sold (EUR 25 million programme budget)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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