Moscow - based Yandex is trialling autonomous delivery robots designed to travel on pavements at walking speed to deliver goods . Russia’s search and services giant has expanded its ambitions in the world of autonomous transportation, building on its work with self-driving cars to deploy a six-wheeled robot that adopts the popular cooler on wheels style pioneered by Starship Robotics. The robot , called Rover , uses sensors and software to navigate to its destination and to avoid pedestrians and objects in its way . The pilot is taking place at Yandex 's factory in Moscow , which holds more than 7,000 workers at two offices and includes roads and parking . The robots are delivering groceries from the company ’s Yandex . Eats and Yandex . Travel platforms .
Moscow - based Yandex is trialling autonomous delivery robots designed to travel on pavements at walking speed to deliver goods . The robot , called Rover , uses sensors and software to navigate to its destination and to avoid pedestrians and objects in its way . The pilot is taking place at Yandex 's factory in Moscow , which holds more than 7,000 workers at two offices and includes roads and parking . The robots are delivering groceries from the company ’s Yandex . Eats and Yandex . Travel platforms .