SMRT, Singapore’s leading public transportation provider, has announced a collaboration with Oracle to pilot an AI-driven platform named JARVIS, aimed at improving the reliability and efficiency of its rail network. The announcement was made at the Oracle AI World Tour in Singapore, where SMRT revealed that JARVIS, developed by its engineering arm STRIDES Technologies, will utilise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Enterprise AI and Oracle Autonomous AI Database.
JARVIS is designed to unify data from various standalone systems, applying AI to enable predictive fault detection and faster fault resolution. This innovation is expected to enhance service reliability for over two million daily commuters and set a scalable foundation for future data-driven rail operations. Ngien Hoon Ping, group CEO of SMRT, stated, “With JARVIS, we have a platform that makes intelligent use of SMRT’s data, STRIDES Technologies’ domain expertise, and Oracle’s industry-leading AI and cloud database capabilities.”
The platform features a natural-language interface for engineering insights, allowing maintenance teams to leverage predictive maintenance capabilities. The Oracle AI Customer Excellence Centre supported the development of JARVIS, providing cloud and AI infrastructure to consolidate and analyse maintenance data across the rail network.
Chin Ying Loong, senior vice president and regional managing director at Oracle, highlighted the importance of timely, accurate data for rail operators, stating, “Running on OCI, JARVIS demonstrates how Oracle can help bring AI to where enterprise data resides to improve efficiency and operational responsiveness.”
This collaboration marks a significant step in integrating AI into railway engineering, with potential implications for rail operators worldwide.
