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In Moscow, two delivery robots got stuck after failing to pass each other on a narrow road

Another incident involving delivery robots was caught on video: two rovers were unable to pass each other on a narrow road. How their encounter ended is unknown. This is not the first such case: earlier, a courier on an electric vehicle crashed into a robot, and a delivery robot itself failed to get over a speed bump and rammed a GAZelle near Saint Petersburg.

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Tashkent to launch Yandex Lavka delivery by autonomous robots by the end of the year

Yandex Uzbekistan plans to launch delivery from Yandex Lavka in Tashkent using autonomous delivery robots by the end of the current year. The devices are already being tested in an urban environment: they move at pedestrian speed, navigate using lidar and ultrasonic sensors, recognize traffic lights and cross the road at pedestrian crossings. The robots were first spotted on the streets of the capital in July, and the Yandex Lavka service itself has been operating in Tashkent since the autumn of 2024.

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Courier races a delivery robot and rams it — incident caught on video

The Telegram channel 'Multinational' posted a video in which a courier on an electric vehicle overtakes a delivery robot and then deliberately rams into it, saying 'This is our territory.' The consequences of the incident are unknown. This is already the third such case involving delivery robots that media outlets have reported on in recent weeks.

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