TASS/. Russian tech giant Yandex has launched a trial run of a robot taxi service in the southwestern Moscow neighborhood of Yasenevo, the tech company’s press service said on Wednesday.

In addition, the robot can also help guests call a taxi, arrange an airport transfer, or obtain a consultation. The Promobot company was founded in the Russian city of Perm in 2015 and became a ...

In my very limited (and very foreign) dealings with Russian traffic cops, I would’ve thought that they would pick up the robot, move it the two feet to the curb, and re-open the road.

A Moscow-based luxury taxi start-up is hoping to expand beyond Russia, targeting London as its next destination in a determined, technology-driven business plan. Wheely already operates a fleet of ...