"Yandex" will develop unmanned transport in Moscow

17 July 2018

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Today in Russia, several companies are developing unmanned systems, but the leader of the media, of course, is "Yandex". In the past month, the drone arrived from Moscow to Kazan. Now one of the leaders of Russian it-sphere signed an agreement with the government of Moscow on cooperation in the development of unmanned vehicles.

According to "Statements" at the first stage of joint activity it is planned to develop a legislative framework for the introduction of unmanned technology on the streets of the capital. The test prototypes on public roads will accelerate the development of the autopilot and increase the competitiveness of Russian technologies on the world level.

a "We hope that by 2030, self-driving cars will become commonplace on the roads of Moscow, but there is still a lot of work, and we hope that today's agreement will accelerate the development and introduction of drones in Russia", — said the representative of "Yandex".

Further details of the cooperation will be announced later. Most likely, neither in Yandex, nor in the government of Moscow yet do not fully know all the details.