RoboCV , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that turns forklift trucks into autonomous robots, has been named one of the best AI (artificial intelligence) startups in Europe by Valuer, a company that provides matchmaking services between startups...
Sarex , a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation that uses aerial photography to improve telecoms services, was awarded the highest number of points of any startup at the culmination of the first MTS StartUp Hub, an accelerator programme organised by the Russian...
Two nanosatellites made by Skolkovo resident Sputnix were launched into outer space on Wednesday by cosmonauts during a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). The launch of SiriusSat-1. Video: Sputnix. The SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat...
Apis Cor, the parent company of Skolkovo resident Apis-Cor Engineering , has won fourth place in a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat that could be built on Mars. SEArch+/Apis Cor's design provides maximum radiation protection from galactic...
Skolkovo resident satellite-maker Sputnix is preparing to send two educational satellites into space next week to study space weather. The SiriusSats will be delivered to the ISS by Progress MS-09, due to launch on July 10. Photo: Roscosmos. The...
Space has been part of the Russian national consciousness for more than half a century. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the space industry has had a series of setbacks, but Russia is determined to retain its leading role in space exploration, and in...
A Skoltech -led team of international scientists has developed a mathematical model that makes sense of one of the great mysteries that have long perplexed researchers of Saturn’s rings, and published the results of the research in the scientific journal...
Sputnix , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes hi-tech microsatellite components and services, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Far Eastern Federal University ( FEFA ) on educational scientific work to create and operate small...
Skolkovo resident Hoversurf has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai police after demonstrating its Scorpion flying motorbike at the GITEX technology week in Dubai. Hoversurf demonstrates its human-carrying drone in Dubai this week. Video...
Skolkovo startup HUDWAY has exceeded its funding target less than 24 hours after it launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest head-up display (HUD) designed to make driving safer. The HUD is attached to the dashboard and projects the navigation...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with Russian Space Systems, a major designer and producer of space technology, at the MAKS international aviation and space salon on Wednesday. Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to...
Dauria Aerospace , one of Russia’s first private space startups, is preparing to launch two of its satellites into space on the morning of July 14. The cluster of smallsats has already been integrated with the upper stage of the Fregat at Baikonur...
The founders and directors of Skolkovo resident startups make up nearly one-third of a list of “ 20 young and promising heroes of tomorrow ” published by the RBC news agency’s magazine on Thursday. Six of the 20 inventors and entrepreneurs...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
WayRay , a resident of Skolkovo’s space cluster that makes augmented reality (AR) technology for cars, has raised $18 million in Series B financing led by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. WayRay's navigation system shows the driver directions...
Frontline Avionics , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes avionics for ultralight and experimental aircraft, has entered into partnership with M-14P, Incorporated , a family firm in Arizona that specializes in repairing and servicing Russian M14-P engines...
HelgiLab , a resident of Skolkovo’s space technologies cluster, is set to create a 3D map showing heat leaks from buildings and heating systems in Moscow after winning the Open Innovation Marketplace competition , which laid down 10 industry challenges...
The whole of the territory of the Skolkovo innovation centre is now covered by a wireless Internet of Things (IoT) network set up by STRIZH Telematika , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s space and telecoms cluster. STRIZH Telematika's...
A California-based company has bought the rights to indoor navigation technology developed by Skolkovo resident SPIRIT Navigation . SPIRIT Group, of which the SPIRIT Navigation startup is part, said it had sold all the property rights to the technology to...
A team of scientists led by Artem Oganov, a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ), has used computer modelling to describe what materials make up the interiors of Uranus and Neptune, as well as their icy satellites. ...
A new English-language journal titled REACH – Reviews in Human Space Exploration was launched at the end of last month with Rupert Gerzer, a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , as its editor-in-chief. Professor Rupert...
3D Bioprinting Solutions , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation that made headlines last year when it printed the world’s first functional thyroid construct for a mouse, is to make a 3D bioprinter for printing tissue and organ constructs on board...
This week, NASA’s space probe Juno entered Jupiter’s orbit after a journey lasting nearly five years, and like astronautics experts and enthusiasts around the globe, Skolkovo’s space cluster was watching with bated breath. An artist's...
Young IT specialists will turn their hand to battling the forest fires that have ravaged Russia in recent summers by gathering this weekend for a hackathon aimed at developing technology to monitor their outbreak. An emergency worker battling a blaze...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ) have signed a research cooperation agreement that will allow Skoltech to take part in real space experiments. Hansjörg Dittus (left) and Rupert...