Land connection lands in Avride in Japan

Avride Sidewalk Bots will start offering restaurants and a scaffold in central Tokyo this week through a partnership with the Rakuten e -commerce giant, the latest commercial expansion by Yandex Spinout to North Asia.

The start of the Austin -based independent vehicles Her Russian business was sold In 2024, compared to about $ 5.2 billion.

Since then, AVRIDE has advanced forward with the development of independent vehicle technology through its robots on the sidewalk and self -driving cars. Procedure has been made, especially by making deals with large companies such as Uber and now Rakuten.

Avride has a delivery process on the small commercial pavement in Seoul, South KoreaAlso testing its autonomous cars – which still has human safety drivers behind the steering wheel. Last year, the company started passing the prolonged ratification process in Japan in an attempt to expand its scope in the region. Now, with the completion of the certificate, Avride launches commercial operations in the country. The Japanese launch will be small to start – only 10 robots now, with plans to expand over time.

At the same time, Avride also expands in the United States. Today, the company has about 100 Robots Delivery Robots At work at Ohio State University through a partnership with Grubhub.

Last year, AVRIDE got a deal with Uber, which covers the lifeline connection robots and self -government cars. The multi -year deal is part of a series of partnerships related to independent vehicles that Uber seized during the past year.

Today, Uber can eat customers in downtown Austin, Dallas and Jersey City to deliver their food through a Avride robot. Companies are planning to provide them Avride Self -driving cars On the Uber platform in Dallas later this year.