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# A self-driving bus tested in the Tallinn Mustamäe district

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Auve Tech's self-driving shuttle tested in Mustamäe, Tallinn, in 2022; photo by Auve Tech.

By  [Silver Tambur](https://estonianworld.com/author/silver/)
  ·  July 27, 2022  · [Technology](https://estonianworld.com/category/technology/)
 · 2 minutes of reading

### Until 14 September, passengers may travel free of charge in the Estonian capital’s Mustamäe district by self-driving shuttle; the pilot project is carried out in cooperation between the Tallinn city government and Auve Tech, an Estonian company developing self-driving vehicles.

The aim of the pilot project is to explore the possibilities of using self-driving buses.

There will always be a human operator on board the bus to monitor the safety of every manoeuvre and intervene if necessary. The self-driving bus will also be equipped with different types of sensors that will monitor the surrounding objects and their movements. If a pedestrian or any other obstacle gets in the way of the vehicle, the bus is programmed to brake automatically.

[https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NTS05571-scaled.jpg](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NTS05571-scaled.jpg)

Auve Tech’s self-driving shuttle tested in Mustamäe, Tallinn, in 2022; photo by AuveTech.

The self-driving bus, with eight seats, will run from Tuesday to Sunday between 10 AM and 4 PM, on a 1.8-kilometre (1.1-mile) circuit at approximately 25-minute intervals.

The shuttle follows a pre-mapped route: the bus and trolleybus stop on Tammsaare tee, the Mustamäe Care Centre, the former Mustamäe district government building and the Maxima shop at Tammsaare tee 133.

[https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image001.png](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image001.png)

The self-driving shuttle, built by Auve Tech, will run on a 1.8-kilometre (1.1-mile) circuit at approximately 25-minute intervals in Mustamäe, Tallinn.

[Auve Tech’s self-driving vehicle concept grew out of the cooperation with the Tallinn University of Technology](https://estonianworld.com/technology/tallinns-new-self-driving-bus-emerged-from-a-university-robotics-course/)
, based in Mustamäe, that started in 2017. Last year, the shuttle was tested for two months in Tartu, Estonia’s second largest town.

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