Yandex launched delivery by robots in residential areas

2024: Launch of delivery by robots in residential areas of Moscow

Yandex has launched delivery by robots in residential areas of Moscow. The press service of the company announced this on May 13, 2024.

Users of Yandex Eda and Yandex Lavka were able to order dishes from cafes and restaurants and products along with ready-made food from darkstors to the Moscow City international business center with delivery by a Yandex robot courier. Such a service is available in the Tver region, Ramenki, and Airport. Robots will also be able to deliver from Yandex Lavka in Presnensky, Lomonosov districts, in Troparyovo-Nikulin and in Fili-Davydkov.

source = Yandex

Previously, Yandex delivery robots worked in Moscow only on Lesnoy Street and in Khamovniki. For 2023, they brought more than 100,000 orders. Delivery by robot for users of the service is free. To pick up the order, you need to go down to the robot and unlock the lock using a button in your smartphone. On average, delivery by a robot takes 11 minutes, by courier - 8 minutes. By May 2024, delivery of orders by Yandex robots is used by more than 200 stores and restaurants: for example, Tasty - and Point, ABC of Taste, Teremok, Shokoladnitsa, Burger King and Anderson.

The method of delivery by a robot is offered in the presence of a free device, in Yandex Eda it is a free service. The movement of the car can be tracked in the application to pick up the order, you need to press the "Open the lid" button.

As of the beginning of 2024, about 100 delivery robots were operating in Moscow. Another 20 worked in Innopolis, 10 in Murino, Leningrad Region, 5 at Rosa Khutor and Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi. In 2024, their number is planned to double, to 260 copies.

According to Alexander Mutovin, co-founder of the Many Salmon company, the robot courier is rather a marketing ploy, and it is not suitable for routine daily work, because customers want to deliver the order to the door.^[1]

2023: Launch of food delivery by courier robots in Krasnaya Polyana

Yandex has launched the delivery of food by courier robots in Krasnaya Polyana. The company announced this on June 6, 2023.

In the resort village, robots deliver orders from Burger King, Syrovarnya, Frank by Basta, etc. For the first time, such delivery became available to customers of the service at the resort - before, robots brought orders only in several districts of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Innopolis.

Yandex launched the delivery of food by courier robots in Krasnaya Polyana

Robots will deliver orders to Yandex.Eda customers on the territory of the Polyana 540 resort. The service is free, its area is limited to a radius of 2 km from the chosen restaurant to the recipient. Such delivery can be selected during checkout, and the robot will bring it to the specified place - for example, to the entrance to the hotel. Only the client himself can receive the order - he will be able to open the cargo compartment of the robot using the Food application. If all robots are busy, then customers will still be able to make orders - they will be delivered by couriers-partners of the service.

The Yandex delivery robot presents this autonomous device about half a meter high with six wheels, a cargo compartment and built-in sensors. He can work at any time of the year, moves along sidewalks at pedestrian speed, knows how to go around obstacles and passers-by. Robots deliver not only orders from restaurants, but also purchases from stores in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Innopolis. From the moment of launch to the beginning of June 2023, robots brought more than 160 thousand orders.

2021

Start of delivery of products from the ABC of Taste and Vkusville

On April 8, 2021, Yandex announced the start of using its courier robots to deliver food from supermarkets. The first to connect to the service were Azbuka Vkusa and Vkusville, Yandex said in a statement.

robot You can call with products in the "" and "" applications. Yandex.edYandex Go A supermarket employee will collect the order and immerse it in Rover"," after which he will go to the specified address. When the robot arrives at the site, the buyer will receive a notification, and the "Open Lock" button will appear in the application. You can order, for example, a five-liter bottle of water, a couple of bags of milk, fruits, and there will still be room for baking, Yandex notes.

Yandex courier robots began delivering products from ABC Vkusa and Vkusville

Autonomous robot couriers Yandex.Rovers by April 8, 2021 work in the Moscow district of Khamovniki. They deliver not only groceries from stores, but also food from restaurants.

Yandex.Rover carries up to 20 kilograms. It is on these robots that the company relies on so-called hyperlocal delivery - within a radius of several kilometers or even hundreds of meters from point to point. At longer distances, it is more profitable and faster to use ordinary couriers for the time being.

Delivery by Rovers is an interesting and new experiment for us, and we are glad to take part in it among the first in retail. With growing volumes, additional "hands" in the form of "Rovers" will come in handy, - said Dmitry Lebedev, vice president of e-commerce at ABC of Taste.

According to him, the demand for grocery delivery has grown several times over the year, and the partnership with the Yandex.Eda service has allowed the network to significantly expand the possibilities of online trading.

By April 2021, Yandex is testing 35 delivery robots in Russia. Compared to the first version, they are improved. In particular, they use high-capacity batteries to work in cold weather.

Start of delivery of orders to residential buildings in Moscow

In February 2021 robot , "" Yandex.Rover began delivering orders "" to Yandex.Shops residential buildings on the Khodynsky field in. To Moscow The company promises to expand the geography of automated couriers.

As reported TASS with reference to the press service Yandex"," since the end of 2020, when the delivery robots began to bring orders from restaurants and food, they made more than 1,500 deliveries and drove in unmanned mode almost 7,000 km (by February 11, 2021).

Yandex also spoke about the improved design of the robot. It received a new design, a larger ordering compartment, and engineers also increased battery life to 10 hours on a single charge. The user no longer needs to open the robot cover: now it rises automatically when the button is pressed in the application, the company noted.

Yandex robots began to deliver orders to residential buildings

The experience gained during this time helped to improve the design of the robot, - added to Yandex, commenting on the update.

Yandex.Rover is a fully autonomous robot: it independently plans its route, assesses the situation around it and bypasses obstacles. It is capable of driving on city sidewalks at pedestrian speed, can work in summer and winter, carry small loads and fulfill orders in different weather conditions.

As noted by the publication "N + 1," the areas in which Yandex is testing its robots are united by a good infrastructure. In particular, in Moscow, they are tested in areas with smooth exits from the sidewalk to pedestrian crossings. At the same time, the Rover has a rigid chassis design, so it is not clear how it will deliver orders in residential areas with less developed infrastructure. Other companies, such as the American FedEx, solve this with an adaptive chassis that allows you to drive onto the sidewalks through the curb.

Until February 11, 2021, Yandex.Rover delivered orders only in Kazan Innopolis and near the Belaya Ploshchad business center near the Belorusskaya metro station.^{[2] [3]}

2020: Start using robot couriers for employees and visitors of the Belaya Ploshchad business district

On December 9, 2020, Yandex"" announced the start of using courier robots to deliver user orders. " Yandex.Food So far drones , "" Yandex.Rover are available only to employees and visitors of the Belaya Ploshchad business district near the Belorusskaya metro station in, To Moscow as well as Innopolis near Kazan.

In Moscow, orders are delivered by robots from Marukame, Steak it Easy, Boston Seafood & Bar, Prime, Paul and Cheese Connection restaurants. In Innopolis, robots also carry orders from restaurants, but in the future they are going to be used to help residents of the city with other everyday activities.

Yandex.Eda has courier robots that deliver orders in the Belaya Ploshchad business district in Moscow and Innopolis

You can choose delivery by robot when placing an order in the application, Yandex notes. The drone will take the order from the restaurant and bring it to the specified entrance. In the appendix you can see the order status and location of the Rover. If there is no free Rover, the courier will bring the order, Yandex noted.

Unlike an ordinary courier who can go up to the desired floor, you need to go outside to the robot. To receive the order, the user presses the button in the application and the hatch in the robot opens. Several robots work in the test zone: at least two, and with great demand, additional robot suppliers appear.

In recent years, we have seen a steady increase in demand for delivery services, and 2020 events have accelerated it even more. Therefore, robots come to the aid of people. They will take over some of the orders, which will maintain the delivery speed with growing volumes. Rovers can bring food from restaurants, food from supermarkets, orders from online stores and will gradually become a familiar part of city life, "said Dmitry Polishchuk, head of Yandex self-driving cars.[4]

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