Yandex launches delivery by courier robots in South Korea

January 18, 2022 Yandex"" announced the conclusion KT Corporation of an agreement with the South Korean telecommunications company to launch a delivery service robots in Seoul. We are talking about the use of wheeled robot couriers "," Yandex. Rover designed to transport small goods.

According to Yonhap, representatives of KT and Yandex Self-Driving Group signed a cooperation agreement on January 17, 2022 in Moscow. According to the publication, the two companies also plan to create a task force for cooperation in other projects in the field of information and communication technologies.

Yandex launches delivery by courier robots in South Korea

South Korea was the first country in East Asia to meet Yandex courier robots on the roads. By January 18, 2022, Yandex.Rovers delivered more than 85,000 orders in Russia and the United States, and are also preparing to launch in Dubai.

Cooperation with KT will allow us to expand the geography of our unmanned delivery and launch it in the new region. The demand for delivery of the last mile in South Korea is one of the highest in the world, and it continues to grow. Robots will automate this process, providing a reliable and profitable way to deliver orders, "said Dmitry Polishchuk, head of unmanned technology at Yandex.

In turn AI , Song Jae-ho, vice president of business development and digital transformation at KT, commenting on the cooperation that had begun, noted that it would allow companies to jointly develop an autonomous delivery service in Korea and adapt it to take into account the living conditions in Seoul, as well as the habits of Korean users. The representative of the South Korean company also expressed hope for further strengthening cooperation with Yandex and the search for new areas for joint projects.^[1]

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