Robot couriers, it seems, are no longer a Moscow curiosity. Yandex reported: its robots are already operating in 13 cities. In the third quarter alone they appeared in Tyumen, Krasnogorsk and Rautov, with Samara, Yekaterinburg and Voronezh next in line. But what is more interesting is not the geography, but the pace. During the third quarter, Rovers delivered more than 750 thousand deliveries - almost three times more than the previous quarter. In September, they completed an average of 10,000 orders per day, which is 2.4 times more than in June. In total, they have already made more than 2 million deliveries. 10,000 orders per day are a significant part of urban logistics. Moreover, robots don't take people's work, but take on the most boring things: short flights a few blocks with a bag from the store or a coffee. I have written more than once that there will be fewer and fewer workers in Russia, and the economy will have to adjust. One way is automation. And it happens not only in factories, as futurists expected, but also on the sidewalks of residential areas. I think in five to seven years, a delivery robot at the entrance will become as common a part of the urban landscape as a courier on an electric scooter was in the early 1920s.

Robot couriers, it seems, are no longer a Moscow curiosity. Yandex reported: its robots are already operating in 13 cities. In the third quarter alone they appeared in Tyumen, Krasnogorsk and Rautov, with Samara, Yekaterinburg and Voronezh next in line. But what is more interesting is not the geography, but the pace. During the third quarter, Rovers delivered more than 750 thousand deliveries - almost three times more than the previous quarter. In September, they completed an average of 10,000 orders per day, which is 2.4 times more than in June. In total, they have already made more than 2 million deliveries. 10,000 orders per day are a significant part of urban logistics. Moreover, robots don't take people's work, but take on the most boring things: short flights a few blocks with a bag from the store or a coffee. I have written more than once that there will be fewer and fewer workers in Russia, and the economy will have to adjust. One way is automation. And it happens not only in factories, as futurists expected, but also on the sidewalks of residential areas. I think in five to seven years, a delivery robot at the entrance will become as common a part of the urban landscape as a courier on an electric scooter was in the early 1920s.