A 3D printer for use in space is the end goal of a joint project between two residents of the Skolkovo Foundation – the companies Sputnix and Anisoprint – and Moscow Polytechnic University. Fyodor Antonov, director of Anisoprint., a resident...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) is holding an Open Doors Day on Saturday, April 23 for anyone interested in attending lectures by Skoltech professors, talking to current students and finding out more about the university’s...
A Skolkovo resident startup was awarded first prize in the Global Happiness Technology Challenge in China last week for its Webot telepresence product. Webot, a remote presence bot, allows users to observe the bot’s surroundings from their location...
A delegation of Ethiopian officials visited the Skolkovo Foundation on Friday as the African country seeks to boost its ties with Russia in the field of science and technology. The Ethiopian delegation visited the Skolkovo Foundation last week to talk...
Scientists from four universities including the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) have published an overview of molecules that could help in the treatment and diagnosis of prostate cancer – the most common cancer among men in the...
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...
Edward Crawley, the charismatic U.S. professor who has headed the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) since its founding, on Friday officially handed over his duties as president to his Russian successor, Dr. Alexander Kuleshov. Edward...
What child wouldn’t like to meet a robot, or a professor of astronautics? These were two of the recent visitors to the Skolkovo International Gymnasium , a private school attached to the Skolkovo innovation hub. But the purpose of such visits to the...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with France’s EDF energy company on Monday, hours ahead of a visit to the innovations hub by the French Minister for Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs. The cooperation agreement with EDF, France’s...
An intrepid team of students from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has swapped Moscow’s snowdrifts and freezing temperatures for a mission to Mars – at least, to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the U.S. state...
The founders of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have approved the recommendation of the board of trustees on the appointment of Dr. Alexander Kuleshov as the new president of the institute. On December 22 the founders of Skoltech...
Four years after the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) was founded, the startup university has finally moved into its own purpose-built campus, and has succeeded in luring accomplished Russian diaspora scientists back to Russia after periods...
A powerful new data center has come online at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, allowing the post-grad innovations university to undertake complex number-crunching, algorithm processing and video analysis without leaving the building. ...
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...
Computer-aided design giant Autodesk has signed a cooperation agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation to potentially provide software support to resident startups and Skoltech students. Skolkovo's Alexandra Barshchevskaya, left, and Autodesk's...
The current political and economic tensions between Russia and the West promote import-subsitution at home, Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg has told the BBC Russian Service in an interview. Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg...
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) has selected a paper by Professor Alessandro Golkar and Skoltech President Edward Crawley to receive the Systems Engineering journal’s 2014 Best Paper of the Year Award, reports the university’s...
The US Ambassador to Russia, John F. Tefft, has signaled his country’s continuing support for the Skolkovo project, noting in a speech at Startup Village that the relationship will not be imperiled by political tensions. US Ambassador to Russia...
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, world renowned for his research in robot clones, is to hold two special guest lectures at the Skolkovo Institute for Science and Technology. The Japanese robotics scientist from Osaka University, who was the subject of the...
In building the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, it would be an “extraordinary waste of energy” to simply create another MIT, the president of the fledgling Russian innovations university, Ed Crawley, has said in televised remarks....
Russian-Finnish collaborative research that scientists hope could usher in a new age of consumer electronics took a first tentative step this month, as Skoltech students traveled to Helsinki to study nanomaterials. Photo: skoltech.ru The joint initiative...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is publishing a database of its students’ startup businesses online to promote transparency and boost exposure. The Skoltech Projects website. Photo: projects.skoltech.ru The “Skoltech...
Sergei Krikalev, the man who has spent the most time in space at 803 days, has joined the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology as a professor of practice. Krikalev giving a talk at Skoltech as a guest in September. Photo: sk.ru Krikalev...
The Skolkovo International Robotics Conference promises to be bigger, longer and more compelling than ever before this year, with around 1,200 participants expected at the Hypercube for Russia’s top robotics event in March. Registration for the...
A prominent US diplomat said Monday that Skolkovo’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is more important now than ever. In opening remarks at the US-Russia Research Symposium in the Russian capital, Jeffrey Sexton, minister...