Yandex delivery robots start bringing orders to customers in Yekaterinburg

Yandex Delivery has started robot deliveries in Yekaterinburg, where its rovers bring orders to residents of the Oktyabrsky, Chkalovsky and Leninsky districts from six Yandex Lavka dark stores.

The company plans to extend the service to four more districts, connect up to 20 dark stores and add Yandex Eda food orders. The fourth-generation robots use lidars, cameras and ultrasonic sensors, carry up to 25 kg in two compartments and can be taken over by a remote operator in difficult situations.

Yekaterinburg is one of more than ten cities where Yandex rovers operate, including Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan. They have made more than 2 million deliveries in total.