An autonomous vehicle based on a Russian-made car began to work at City Clinical Hospital №1

The development of Moscow specialists has replaced the foreign model.

The first autonomous vehicle on the base of a Russian car began driving on the territory of the City Clinical Hospital No. 1. The new autonomous vehicle transfers biomaterial samples between hospital buildings.

Since September last year, a foreign car has been riding on the premises of the hospital. Now it has been replaced by a Russian model.

Specialists from the MosTransProekt Research Institute worked on the car. Together with colleagues from MADI, they equipped the car with autonomous technologies. The car has already passed certification at the «NAMI» institute, for the launch they made all the necessary notes in its documents. However, by law, a pilot-operator is required to sit at the driver’s seat to monitor traffic safety.

«We are glad that today we managed to launch an autonomous vehicle, on the base of a Russian car. This is the first car of this kind that performs social functions, helping medical personnel,» said the Director of MosTransProekt Alexander Polyakov.

Since 2019, Moscow has been implementing a pilot testing program for innovative solutions. Developments are tested in urban and commercial sites. Since the launch of the program, more than 50 technological projects have been tested, and about 30 more are in process. Today, developers have access to more than 100 sites for testing their solutions: in the fields of information technology, education, medicine, construction, industry and etc.