Mobility

Russian online freight service Deliver secures $7 million to pursue international expansion

January 6, 2021

In the last days of December Deliver announced it secured 500 million rubles (nearly $7 million at the current exchange rate) from VEB Ventures (formerly VEB Innovations), a venture fund backed by state development agency VEB.RF (Vnesheconombank). An internationally successful Russian online freight service, Deliver has set for itself the mission of “solving the inefficiencies of the logistics market by applying modern …

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5 handy robots made in Russia

December 28, 2020

We have news for you: Russian robotics and robots are alive and kicking. They disinfect buildings, deliver parcels, put out fires, work the land and serve the public. We list the five most out-of-this-world (yet firmly in it).  Robots for disinfection and temperature measurement; Courier drones; Agrobot; Robot for extinguishing oil and gas gushers; Robot …

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Moscow Metro launches contactless instant payment service with support from Google and Mastercard

December 23, 2020

Moscow Metro has partnered with VTB, a leading Russian financial institution, and Google to launch a new payment service.  Users with the Google Pay payment service and a Mastercard card can now instantly pay for their metro ride: they just need to hold their smartphone above the reader at the turnstiles.  In the near future, the new …

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Hoversurf wants to make Russia a global leader in air mobility

December 11, 2020

Russian businessman and philanthropist Ismail Akhmetov has invested in Hoversurf, a pioneer in autonomous flying vehicles. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but company valuation was established at $30 million, the Russian media reported. Previous investors in the company include Qiwi co-founder Sergey Solonin, the Starta Ventures fund and several Russian individual investors. …

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Yandex launches food delivery robots

December 9, 2020

Russia’s Yandex has started using its self-driving robot to deliver fast food orders, the company announced Wednesday. The small six-wheeled autonomous robot — dubbed Yandex Rover — has started delivering orders from Yandex’s food delivery service, Yandex Eats, to customers in one of Moscow’s central business districts.  Just like a human courier, after an order …

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The alliance between Mail.ru Group and Sber is not stable, say media reports

November 22, 2020

According to media reports last week, the alliance of Sber (the state-controlled financial and technology giant previously known as Sberbank) and Mail.ru Group (an LSE-listed Russian Internet major) is not stabilized yet.  Financial Times reported the two companies are yet to align their strategic visions of the ecosystem they are building jointly. Sber sees its …

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Russia’s first AI-powered harvesting successes open the way to a wave of agritech innovation

November 17, 2020

Cognitive Technologies, an established Russian software corporation, is developing one of the world’s most advanced autonomous AI-based driving systems for farming equipment. Under the brand ‘Cognitive Agro Pilot,’ this system was used across 35 regions of Russia when reaping the 2020 harvest. “Between June and October 2020, over 350 autonomous harvesters fitted with [our] solutions …

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Twice as expensive as Elon Musk’s Starlink, Russia’s satellite Internet project still awaits state funding

November 17, 2020

Russia has plans to develop its own cluster of at least 500 “next-generation, multi-spectrum satellites,” starting from next year. Dubbed ’Sfera,’ the program aims to provide high-speed Internet access and communications — particularly, along the Northern Sea Route — similarly to Starlink, a project developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.  Under plans, the first satellites could be …

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After raising $2.1 million, this Russian truck driving startup wants to become a unicorn

November 12, 2020

Fura, a Moscow-based startup offering high-tech services to truck drivers, has raised 160 million rubles ($2.1 million at the current exchange rate) in a Series A round led by an unnamed Swiss-Russian fund. Alexander Popov, Svyatoslav Vilde and other individual investors also took part in the round. The fresh funding will be used to strengthen the …

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MegaFon joins race to space Internet

November 2, 2020

MegaFon, a major Russian mobile phone operator, is investing in a project that will provide data access to on-the-ground users from low-Earth orbit satellites. The operator plans to invest 6 billion rubles (some $75 million at the current exchange rate ) over the next two years into research of the new technology. A dedicated R&D …

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Russian youth innovation festival develops solutions for agriculture, aviation and automotive industries

November 11, 2020

Robofest, one of the largest technology festivals for young people in the world, is being held these days in online format. Its participants have developed solutions which could be used soon in the automotive, agricultural and aviation industries. For example, a team of students from Don State Technical University has presented a robotic manipulator, which is considered …

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Moscow Metro to introduce facial payment technology

November 12, 2020

Commuters in Moscow will soon be able to take a ride on the metro with just a turn of their heads, as the Russian capital embraces next-generation facial payment technology. At least one turnstile at each metro station will be equipped with the contactless facial recognition technology as soon as next spring, Moscow authorities say. The system, which …

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