In the second quarter of 2026, Yandex reported on the main directions of its unmanned technologies. A robot drove 700 km from Moscow to St. Petersburg completely without a human behind the wheel. A thousand rovers delivered 260,000 orders in three months. Robotaxis will soon be available for anyone to order via an app.

Yandex's fleet of delivery robots has reached 1,000 units. In three months, they completed about 260,000 deliveries from more than 140 dark stores. The service was launched in Nizhny Novgorod and cities in the Moscow region. By the end of the year, robot delivery will be available in Voronezh, Tyumen, and other cities.

Yandex's robot truck traveled 700 km along the Moscow — St. Petersburg route completely without driver intervention. The technology is ready for serious long-haul transportation, according to the company.

Unmanned taxis have become available to company employees for trips between offices. The goal by the end of the year is to launch 100 robotaxis in the city that any user can order.

"Pervyy Tekhnicheskiy" previously explored where a special regime for unmanned vehicles is already in effect on Russian roads, who is responsible for them by law, and what the prospects for the industry are.