Skolkovo Technopark will host the main robotics event of Russia - the Fifth International Skolkovo Robotics Conference on 21 April 2017.
This year the conference will focus on the impact that the latest technologies have on modern society, a person and his or her future.
Among the foreign experts Frank Schneider, Head of Cognitive Mobile Systems at the Fraunhofer Institute will make a speech, will talk about the use of unmanned systems for detection and elimination of emergencies; Professor Abderrahman Heddar, Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, France) will report on the application of anthropomorphic robot technologies; for the first time, Gudrun Litzenberger, General Secretary, Director of Statistical Department at the International Federation of Robotics (IFR, Germany), one of the top 25 most influential women in robotics in 2016, will speak at the conference.The program of the conference will feature over 60 experts in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence from Germany, Austria, France, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
Russia will be represented at the conference by:
The participants will discuss the current aspects of robotics and try to answer the challenging questions of our time during the discussions "Robots and Society", "Robots and Man", "Robots and Laws" and "Robots and National Security".
Traditionally, the conference will host an exhibition of robotic projects. Over 50 promising startups from all over Russia, with half of the exhibitors showing brand new projects, will showcase their projects. The following companies will present their robots: 3DPeople, KB Aurora, Motorika, Useful Robots, ExoAtlet, MIVAR, Laboratory of the Future, and others.
Eighteen engineering workshops will be working at the Skolkovo Robotics site, including those related to the implementation of the National Technology Initiative. The following companies will organize master classes for children and adults: National Instruments, Malenkiy Samoletik (Small Plane), ROBBO, Laboratory of Aerospace Engineering of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radio Communication, Russian National Committee RoboCup, BiTronics Lab, CyberTech Labs, FANUC, Robot League, KrashPro, Tsuru Robotiks (CAPC), UMKI Project, LINTECH, Bionic Natali, LEGO Education, Active Roboticx, Garage Kulibin Pro, Alma Mater Robotics.
The conference is organized by the Skolkovo Foundation’s Robotics Center, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the Moscow Technological Institute. The event is supported by the key partner of the Skolkovo Foundation - the international company Phillips and the long standing partners of Skolkovo robotic events - Lego Education and TOP 3D SHOP
About the Skolkovo Foundation
The Skolkovo Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in September 2010 by the Russian government with the objective of accelerating Russia’s transformation from a resource-intensive to an innovation-based economy. To achieve this objective, the Foundation is overseeing the creation of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, composed of more than 1,600 high-tech startups, Skolkovo Technopark, the Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech) - a new graduate research University established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - and Skolkovo city, located near Moscow. Together, these entities establish a vibrant ecosystem of technology innovation and entrepreneurship. The cumulative revenue of Skolkovo’s startups through June 2016 reached $1,6 billion. They brought in more than $350 million in investment, creating 21,800 jobs and filing over 1,900 patent applications along the way. By 2020 over 2 million square meters of residential and office space will be built in Skolkovo with 35,000 people working daily in the Innovation Center. For more information: http://www.sk.ru/en
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