At the Eastern Economic Forum Alexey Nashchekin, CEO of National Telematic Systems (NTS), that in 2-3 years unmanned cargo transportation will start operating in Russia. First, trucks will master the Moscow-St. Petersburg route along the new M11 expressway. The project has already been tested at a test site in Kazan.
NTS developed the hardware and software parts independently.
βHere is completely our Russian development, when not only the machine itself works with machine vision. And when the whole complex is working, the βsmart roadβ and the drone work in conjunction,β Nashchekin said.
Sergey Yavorsky, CEO of Volvo Vostok, showed interest in the new technology. He stated that the company is ready to participate in testing an unmanned tractor.
Investors believe that in this way a new and promising industry will be formed in Russia. Today that Sberbank and AFK Sistema plan to invest in Cognitive Technologies, a software developer for drones. According to Alexander Lupachev, Investment Director of Russia Partners Advisers, for them Cognitive Technologies is first of all an opportunity to expand their competencies in the field of machine vision software. The expert estimates the project at $10 million based solely on the value of the technology. Earlier, Sberbank and AFK Sistema invested in the developer of machine vision systems VisionLabs through Sistema_VC.
In 2016, Cognitive Pilot (Cognitive Pilot LLC), a manufacturer of unmanned vehicles, became part of Cognitive Technologies. In August 2019 that Cognitive Pilot, together with Hyundai Mobis (part of the Hyundai Motor Group), plans to develop a software module for autonomous driving, as well as software for recognizing pedestrians, cars, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Cognitive Technologies plans to enter the international autonomous transport market, where, according to the investment director of the Russian Venture Company Alexei Basov, new "unicorns" will soon appear.
Source: 3dnews.ru