A few months ago, the company “Yandex” has announced that it is embarking on the development of unmanned vehicle and began a search for experts in this field that can help in the implementation of the project. Yesterday Russian search giant presented its first version of its self-driving car, a video demonstration posted on YouTube.
The head of the press centre “Yandex.Taxi” Vladimir Isaev said that the development used anonymized data that the company receives from those who use “Yandex.Navigator” — this information allows a better understanding of how the car should behave in the city traffic jams, accidents, detours and road signs.
The first prototype car made for software testing working professionals of the company. The autopilot includes machine learning, uses navigation, geolocation and computer vision. In addition, it takes into account the data of other apps and services, among which are “Yandex.Cards”, “Yandex.Navigation” and others.
If work will proceed according to the schedule, the specialists are going to test a driverless car on the roads already this year.
“Yandex” has shown a prototype of its unmanned vehicle
Vyacheslav Larionov