Russian search engine, Yandex says it has successfully trialled an autonomous car on the streets of Moscow as it looks to introduce level 5 self-driving vehicles.
Moscow recently endured the worst snowstorm in 100 years, after which the Yandex Taxi interacted with traffic, pedestrians, parked vehicles and other road hazards.
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During the last few months Yandex has been testing prototypes in winter weather conditions on a closed course near Moscow. In December 2017, the team debuted the car on public roads and started collecting data during public street testing.
“Navigating snow-covered city streets requires significant amounts of data including images of both roads and street signs,” said Yandex on its website blog.
“Moscow offers our team a great testing ground for our self-driving car, challenging it with both high traffic volumes and diverse weather and seasonal changes.
Our journey with our self-driving car began less than a year ago on closed testing grounds and dry weather conditions.
“We will continue to test our self-driving cars on public roads, collecting more data to make our technology smarter and more reliable. It’s our goal to expand our capabilities to create a universally applicable technology that manages all road challenges and weather conditions.”
