Yandex is scaling up its robot delivery service, set to launch in four Moscow suburbs and two new districts in Kazan by April 2026, with an expansion to Nizhny Novgorod expected by the end of June.
- Yandex’s delivery robots have already covered over 2 million kilometers and completed more than 1 million orders across five cities.
- The new areas will receive Yandex’s fourth-generation robots, the company’s first mass-produced delivery bots.
- By the end of 2027, Yandex aims to produce 20,000 units of this new robot generation.
Yandex robot delivery expansion to new cities
Robot delivery currently operates in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Murino, and Innopolis. From April 2026, it will expand to Khimki, Lyubertsy, Odintsovo, and Dolgoprudny-four suburban Moscow cities-and the Novo-Savinovsky and Sovetsky districts of Kazan. In Nizhny Novgorod, the service is slated to launch by the end of June 2026, initially covering the Sormovsky, Moskovsky, and Kanavinsky districts.
At launch, the robots will handle orders from Yandex Lavka, the company’s quick-commerce grocery delivery. Later, Yandex Food and Yandex Delivery services will integrate robot couriers.
Mapping robots to prepare delivery routes
Before the delivery bots hit the streets in new neighborhoods, Yandex has deployed mapping robots. These bots look like delivery models but focus on creating ultra-detailed maps of the area. This groundwork ensures the delivery robots can navigate confidently regardless of weather or time of day.
Fourth-generation delivery robots and mass production plans
The newly deployed robots are Yandex’s fourth-generation models, unveiled in fall 2025. These are the company’s first mass-produced delivery robots, featuring better off-road capabilities, upgraded lidar sensors, and simplified, cheaper manufacturing compared to previous versions. Over time, they will replace older robot models in existing cities as well.
Mass production is key to Yandex’s plan to accelerate expansion into more cities and reduce delivery costs. The company claims the cost of robot deliveries is now comparable to human couriers and expects further declines as the robot fleet grows.
Yandex’s robot delivery network is among the few large-scale autonomous last-mile delivery services globally. While comparable efforts by tech giants like Amazon and Alphabet’s Waymo focus on self-driving cars or drones, Yandex’s compact sidewalk robots offer a pragmatic, scalable solution tailored to crowded urban environments. Watch how quickly these bots expand beyond Russia and how consumer acceptance evolves as the robot fleet multiplies.