Unmanned taxis are planned to be launched on a number of routes in Moscow by the end of this year, according to the Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov. The Deputy Mayor added that the Moscow City Duma approved a proposal to introduce an experimental legal regime in the Russian capital for testing unmanned taxis.
The Moscow City Duma has approved an experiment with the use of unmanned vehicles in the city. The relevant decision was made by parliamentarians today, on November 24, 2021. “In connection with the initiative proposal received by the Moscow City Duma ‘On the Establishment of an Experimental Legal Regime in the Field of Digital Innovations
The first unmanned underground in Russia may appear in Kazan, TASS reports. The terms of reference and the project have already been prepared, according to the General Director of the Metroelektrotrans Municipal Unitary Enterprise Aidar Abdulkhakov. “On behalf of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, a project has been created and a
Specialists of the SuperJob job search service conducted a survey among representatives of the economically active population from all districts of Russia and found out that most of those who want to drive unmanned vehicles are among the residents of Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Voronezh, and Ufa. However, the results of the study showed that 37
The general director of the “Rostec” state corporation, Sergey Chemezov, revealed the peculiarities of the control of the robotic version of the newest T-14 “Armata” tank. According to him, the tank can be controlled by both the crew and artificial intelligence, RIA News reports. As the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern reported, the Armata
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) “Altius” became the first Russian drone equipped with a satellite communication terminal, TASS reports with reference to the chief designer of the project Ilya Matveev. The satellite receiver is located under the UAV’s nose fairing. “This on-board satellite communications terminal was developed in Russia, including for use as part of
In Russia, the first project of unmanned aerial “car-sharing” by PTERO company has started, which will allow using a mobile application to call a drone and track the progress of orders. It is claimed that so far this is a unique service network of such a kind in the world, the press service of the
Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev continues to develop partnerships with major industrial partners in the field of promising digital technologies. Currently, they are testing the vehicle operated on the infield roads of one of the largest oil fields in Russia developed by the subsidiary of Gazpromneft. It is noted that the
Russian driving schools will be able to train drivers to drive unmanned vehicles, according to the order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the portal of draft regulatory legal acts reports. The document prescribes changes to individual exemplary programmes for retraining drivers of vehicles of the corresponding categories and subcategories. The project
Moscow will conduct tests of the first unmanned tram, Moscow city news agency reports. According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport, Maksim Liksutov, in the future, electric transport can be launched in the city with the help of the Yandex company. It is specified that to date, about 100 unmanned vehicles are
Specialists of NTI Autonet conducted a study on whether the residents of Russia agree to change to unmanned taxis. The survey involved 10,500 residents of cities with a population of more than a million people, KazanFirst reported. It showed that the willingness to use an unmanned taxi grows with the level of knowledge about the
Chelyabinsk industrialists started to produce unique equipment for the fuel and energy complex. Smart installations are made piece by piece, taking into account the wishes of a customer, ChelTV reports. Currently, they are completing the installation of the Progress automatic gas distribution station. It provides gas supply from main gas pipelines to settlements and industrial
The Russian government has expanded the list of regions where unmanned vehicles will be tested. Samara was also included in the list. The experiment starts on March 1, 2020, and will last until March 1, 2022. According to the Minister of Economic and Investment of the Samara Region, Dmitry Bogdanov, they plan to create a
