20,000 Delivery Robots to Hit Russian Streets by 2027
Yandex is scaling up its autonomous fleet with faster, smarter robots built for real-world terrain.
Russia’s tech giant Yandex plans to deploy 20,000 upgraded delivery robots across Russian cities by the end of 2027 — marking a major step toward fully automated last-mile logistics. According to the company, within two years, one in ten deliveries it handles will be made by a robot.
The first batches of next-generation bots will roll out in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kazan in November 2025, with full-scale production reaching 1,300 units per month.
Each robot comes equipped with enhanced all-terrain mobility, a high-performance onboard computer, and an advanced lidar navigation system. The redesigned cargo bay can carry two separate orders at once, and the new swappable battery gives the machines a 70-kilometer range per charge — enabling nearly continuous operation.
Faster, cheaper, and built to last
The company says consumers will notice the difference not only in delivery speed, but also in lower costs — maintaining a robot is significantly cheaper than employing a human courier.
Yandex first introduced autonomous delivery robots in 2019, and they now handle up to 250,000 orders per year, both for Yandex’s own services and for partner companies.
With mass production on the horizon, the vision of streets shared by humans and digital couriers is rapidly turning into everyday reality.
