Yandex Unveils New Model of Its Own Delivery Robot: Launch Expected in St. Petersburg and Kazan in the Coming Months

Yandex has unveiled the new generation of its proprietary R 4.0 delivery robot and announced its successor, the R 5.0 model. The premiere took place at the Yandex Physical AI Conf in Moscow. In the coming months, the robots will be deployed on routes in St. Petersburg and Kazan.

The R 4.0 rover features an updated design, more powerful computing units, and a new lidar instead of the previous radars. Ground clearance has been increased by 3 centimeters, the body is more durable, and the cooling and heating system allows it to operate in any weather.

The developers have unified the batteries with those used in Yandex electric scooters, which has simplified production and reduced costs.

Production has already been launched, and the company claims it can produce "hundreds" of robots per month. One operator now manages twelve devices at once, whereas at the beginning of the project, one person was assigned to one rover. The cost of delivery using robots has decreased fivefold in two years and is now comparable to the cost of courier delivery.

The R 4.0 rover can carry up to 25 kilograms of cargo with a compartment volume of 61 liters and a maximum distance of 70 kilometers on a single charge. The average speed is 6 km/h, and the autonomous operating time reaches 10 hours.

The next version, R 5.0, will be more spacious and autonomous, with an increased range and an improved navigation system. Yandex promises to reveal the exact specifications closer to the launch.

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