The Skolkovo Foundation resident company VisionLabs has for the third time in a row confirmed its reputation as one of the global leaders in the field of computer vision and machine learning. This is based on the results of the independent testing of facial...
Резидент Фонда «Сколково» компания VisionLabs , третий раз подряд подтвердила репутацию одного из мировых лидеров в области компьютерного зрения и машинного обучения по итогам независимого тестировании алгоритмов распознавания лиц Национального...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed an agreement with Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday during the ASEAN-Russian summit in Singapore. Alexander Khanin (left), CEO of Skolkovo...
VIST Robotics , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, last week unveiled its autonomous industrial loading and transport system for the mining industry at a testing ground in Belarus. Video: Sk.ru. The Skolkovo company...
Amid the driverless cars, robots, virtual reality headsets, industrial equipment and examples of every area of tech on show at the Open Innovations forum held at the Skolkovo Technopark this week, some looked a little out of place. An inviting-looking double...
A driverless taxi created by Russian internet giant Yandex has started operating on the roads of the Skolkovo innovation city after the Skolkovo Foundation signed an agreement with Yandex at the Open Innovations forum, making Skolkovo the first testing area...
На проходящем в иннограде форуме «Открытые инновации» Фонд «Сколково» подписал соглашение с Яндексом о тестировании беспилотных такси на территории инновационного центра. Таким образом Сколково стал первой в Москве испытательной площадкой...
Every day, the headlines warn us that robots will soon replace humans in more and more jobs. But in many areas of industry, experts believe that the best work is a joint effort by man and technology. This is the thinking behind a competition held at the...
Skolkovo resident robot-maker Promobot has landed a contract worth $56 million with a U.S. company, the Perm-based robotics company announced Tuesday. Promobot's Alexei Yuzhakov (left) shakes hands on the deal with USLG's Paul Spivak as Promobot...
Not so long ago, a prostate cancer operation would cost the patient 1.5 litres of blood and entail a two-week stay in hospital. Now the average patient loses just 20 millilitres of blood, and three days in hospital are usually sufficient. This drastic change...
The Skolkovo Technopark is once again getting ready to be taken over by robots for its annual Skolkovo Robotics Forum , which attracts robots – and the humans who make them – from all over the globe. As in previous years, Skolkovo Robotics...
“AI will not replace lawyers, but will enhance connections to data beyond the abilities of a human mind. And data can win cases,” believes Michael Lew, founder of LegalComet, a legal tech advisory service based in Singapore. Michael Lew, founder...
Skolkovo resident startup ExoAtlet , which makes rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has raised $5 million in investment to expand its business to Europe and beyond. The funding is being provided by the Korean company Cosmo...
Компания VIST Robotics представит на Форуме Skolkovo Robotics стенд, позволяющий дистанционно управлять самосвалом-беспилотником, проходящим обкатку на полигоне в Марокко. «Есть идея сделать стенд в виде кабины, в которой будет представлено автономная...
When the Kursk region-based agricultural enterprise Agrofirma Rylskaya noticed that the costs of their sugar beet production were constantly rising, with no corresponding increase in yield, they turned to an innovative tech startup. Roboprob , a resident startup...
It’s a big year for Promobot , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster. The Perm-based company has just released version 4 of its cheeky service robots, whose antics have made headlines around the world and which are already on...
Two of the top three prizes in a reality TV show that followed the fortunes of Russian tech startups went to residents of the Skolkovo Foundation. Vitaly Savelyev, commercial director of KB Avrora, receiving first prize for the Agrobot project. Photo...
The U.S. may be streets ahead in the development of driverless cars, but there is one area where Russia could still overtake, Russian technology experts believe. Their secret weapon? That tried-and-tested historical ally, General Winter. For it’s one...
Skolkovo resident ExoAtlet , the inventor of rehabilitation exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again, has set its sights for expansion on Japan, where it is setting up a joint venture with its South Korean partners and investors. Dennis Ahn...
Сколковская компания «ЭкзоаАтлет» получила премию «Сделано в России» от журнала «Сноб» в номинации «Наука и технологии». Премия вручена за «создание медицинского экзоскелета для реабилитации и социальной...
A proposal sent to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to use artificial intelligence to improve Russia’s legal system made the headlines this week, but this process is in fact already underway. Robot-lawyers, the use of blockchain to create smart contracts...
Despite the 9,000 kilometres between them, the Skolkovo innovation centre outside Moscow and Russia’s Far Eastern Federal University ( FEFU ) in Vladivostok have a lot in common. They were both created in 2010, when four of the Far East’s leading...
Face recognition technology went definitively mainstream this week, with the unveiling of Apple’s new iPhone X, which is unlocked when it recognizes the owner’s face. But the technology makes many people decidedly nervous. Last week, The Guardian...
ExoAtlet , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes exoskeletons that help disabled people to walk again , has raised $2 million in private investment and state grants in South Korea. The funding, raised with the help of senior managers at major Korean corporations...
Резидент «Сколково» компания «ЭкзоАтлет», разработчик одноименного медицинского экзоскелета, получила около 2 млн долларов частных инвестиций и государственных грантов в Южной Корее. Средства будут направлены на продвижение компании...