Drones for the Future

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By 2024-2025, Russian developer of equipment and artificial intelligence systems for unmanned vehicles Cognitive Pilot plans to release a fully unmanned version of a smart tractor based on artificial intelligence (AI) together with the St. Petersburg Tractor Plant. According to Cognitive Pilot Deputy General Director Ilya Shkabar, this will be the first domestic industrial unmanned vehicle controlled by AI without human intervention.

This project also includes the possibility of group work of smart tractors controlled by a "leader tractor". Based on the information from the sensors, a comprehensive analysis of the content writing service condition of the soil and crops, an assessment of plant vegetation, damage by diseases, etc. will be carried out. In the future, the company plans to expand the range of vehicles with an autopilot option. Also in 2023, an autonomous control system based on AI will be released for sprayers - devices for applying plant protection products and irrigation.




The market for unmanned vehicles (UV) in Russia is developing steadily. It currently retains significant growth potential in the medium and long term, NTI "Avtonet" analyst Igor Abdulov told RSpectr. He notes that at the beginning of 2022, several dozen automakers and IT companies are present on the Russian market, developing in the field of autonomous driving and working on the release of their own models of cars with a high level of automation.

According to Igor Abdulov, along with a small number of companies represented on the market today,

In terms of intellectual and scientific-technical potential, the Russian Federation surpasses most developing countries and some BRICS countries

This creates good prospects for the development of autonomous transport. At the same time, the expert emphasized that the Russian market for unmanned vehicles and autonomous driving technologies lags behind the leading countries of Europe, Asia and North America in various indicators.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK IS NORMAL

As of early 2022, Russia has made significant progress in terms of the regulatory framework that ensures the operation of the emerging market for driverless cars, Igor Abdulov recalled. Thus, in March, the Russian government adopted a resolution that established an experimental legal regime (ELR) in the field of digital innovation. The document defined the ELR for highly automated vehicles of the first category in the territories of Moscow, Innopolis (Tatarstan) and the federal territory of Sirius for three years. The resolution also established the ELR for vehicles of the second category in the territories of Innopolis and the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow.

Igor Abdulov noted that in terms of technology and innovation, there has been no significant breakthrough, but key companies in the market are gradually improving their technologies and will soon be testing their cars on a large scale in certain regions of the country as part of private and federal initiatives.

But in the area of ​​infrastructure, there are serious barriers in terms of financing and access to technologies in the coming years due to the geopolitical situation and the sanctions policy of Western countries towards the Russian Federation, says the expert of Avtonet. At the same time, he believes that closer contact with Chinese partners is possible, capable of leveling out the negative effects.

Today, the leader in the field of autonomous transport is Yandex, which launched its first driverless cars in May 2017. Another domestic pioneer in this field is Starline. It has been testing its cars in closed areas since 2018, and in 2020, it conducted tests on public roads in St. Petersburg for the first time. Projects in the field of driverless car sharing, taxis, and transportation services using driverless public transport are also actively developing.