Autonomous Delivery Robots Are Set to Replace Couriers in Moscow
Around 20,000 delivery robots are expected to operate across the city by 2030
Moscow Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov said at the International Transport and Logistics Forum that autonomous delivery robots could help address a growing shortage of couriers in the capital.
Robots, Not Humans, Handle Deliveries
By his estimates, around 20,000 delivery robots will be operating in Moscow by 2030. Experts have repeatedly noted that using delivery rovers is both safer and more cost-effective.
Earlier reports said that a humanoid delivery robot called Arkus is set to appear on the streets of Russian cities. The machine can move autonomously through urban environments, interact with delivery services, and hand off orders to parcel lockers or directly to customers. A working prototype of the first domestically developed delivery robot was presented at a robotics festival at the Higher School of Economics.
