ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 28. Kazakhstan and
Russia have carried out the first international freight transport
operation using autonomous driving technology, marking a step
toward the development of cross-border driverless logistics,
Trend reports via the
Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan.
The pilot project was implemented jointly by the transport
ministries of both countries and KAMAZ, with autonomous segments of
the route completed on the Moscow-Astana and Astana-Moscow
corridors.
According to officials, the test run covered a distance of
around 3,000 kilometers in approximately two days, more than twice
as fast as conventional trucking schedules on the route.
During the trial, specialists tested key elements of autonomous
systems, including connectivity along the route, accuracy of the
digital road model, and vehicle performance in conditions of
limited or no communication.
The project is also seen as a step toward developing harmonized
regulatory frameworks for autonomous freight transport within the
Eurasian Economic Union and scaling up unmanned logistics solutions
across international corridors.
