Russian Railways continues testing three biomorphic robot dogs developed by the Research and Design Institute for Informatization, Automation and Communication in Railway Transport (NIIAS). The technology is being tested at high-traffic stations in the Rostov Region and Chelyabinsk — regions with contrasting climatic conditions, but similar traffic intensity.
The first tests of the robot dogs were conducted at stations in the Moscow region. Now the focus has shifted to assessing their functionality in real operating conditions. The robots are equipped with a complex of sensors and an intelligent module that allows them to perform tasks for diagnosing rolling stock and infrastructure, monitoring compliance with labor protection standards, ensuring transport security, and recording the condition of freight wagons after repair.
The company clarified that as part of the further development of the project, it is planned to train robots to recognize and execute voice commands from operators. This will become part of a larger initiative to create physical artificial intelligence — a system that combines perception, logical reasoning, and actions into a single chain. This approach will allow machines to interpret natural language commands taking into account the context of the environment.
