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...
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 startup Motorica , which makes prostheses for both children and adults, was awarded a special prize by Russia’s Channel One on Thursday. Konstantin Deblikov (left) tests a prototype adult hand as Motorica CEO Ilya Chekh looks on...
Skolkovo resident VisionLabs and the smart building systems developer Alphaopen have launched a smart home system that uses face recognition technology to enable residents to enter their building without a key and to reach their floor without pressing a lift...
The directors of three Skolkovo startups won awards at two ceremonies this week for their innovative tech developments. Group-IB head Ilya Sachkov at a previous EY awards ceremony. Photo: EY. Ilya Sachkov, head of the cybersecurity company Group...
Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, has acquired 25.07 percent of shares in Skolkovo resident startup VisionLabs , which has been ranked one of the world’s best face recognition technology companies. VisionLabs founder and CEO Alexander Khanin...
R-Sept , a Skolkovo resident startup that has developed a robotic milking station for cows, has raised 10 million rubles ($170,000) in funding from two investors, the company told VC.ru last week. Alexey Khakhunov, CEO of R-Sept, shows off the company's...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has tasked his government with creating infrastructure for driverless transport in Russia, bringing the country a step closer to the appearance of autonomous vehicles on its roads and motorways. Volgabus and KB Avrora's...
ExoAtlet , a Skolkovo startup that makes medical exoskeletons for the rehabilitation of disabled people, has started clinical research into the use of its exoskeletons to help people with multiple sclerosis. An ExoAtlet exoskeleton being demonstrated...
VisionLabs , a facial recognition, data analysis and robotics company that is a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, has created an open-source computer vision platform using funding from Facebook and Google. The Russian company created the new resource...
Two underwater robot projects were among the three winners of the Degree of Freedom competition for unmanned vehicles and driver assistance systems that will now be awarded mini-grants from the Skolkovo Foundation. GNOM's underwater robots are designed...
From its beginning, one of Skoltech’s guiding principles was to interface with industrial commercialization and venture opportunities as they develop at Skolkovo and elsewhere. This week Skoltech has realized this principle, as it has signed its first...
As the new academic year draws closer, it was announced this week that a robot designed by a Skoltech students is to attend class in place of children whose disabilities prevent them from leaving home. Webot in action. Photo: Skoltech Webot, developed...
Adaptive toys for rehabilitation and a robotic assistant surgeon were among 13 winning innovations at the first stage of the Russian Startup Tour in Rostov-on-Don. More than 100 projects from the southern city and surrounding region competed for a place...
A Skolkovo resident tech company is to exhibit its latest prototype exoskeleton, a contraption designed to enhance the physical abilities of the human body, at the Russian State University Science Festival this week. The startup, ExoAtlet, is to put on display...