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...
The Skolkovo innovation city is gearing up to host the biggest Open Innovations forum that Russia has yet seen on October 16-18, featuring tech stars, government representatives, entrepreneurs, businesspeople and futurologists from around the world. International...
“Come a little closer, human,” urged Vasily, a robotic octopus with suction cups that bore a suspicious resemblance to the rubber end of a toilet plunger. The enthralled crowd of children – and adults – took a step forward. A jet of...
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...
“Will robots take over?” and “Will robots take our jobs?” are the most frequent robot predictions searched for on Google. The internet, alas, does not always have accurate answers. But if anyone knows what the future holds in store for...
Ekaterina Bereziy, the CEO and co-founder of Skolkovo startup ExoAtlet , has been named one of the Young Global Leaders Class of 2017 compiled by the World Economic Forum. “She is changing the lives of those with spinal cord injuries with her robotics...
The Moscow city government has bought 20 medical rehabilitation exoskeletons made by Skolkovo resident ExoAtlet for local clinics, where they will be used to help disabled people regain the ability to walk. The sale marks ExoAtlet’s first bulk order....
Questions surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not it constitutes a threat to mankind have dominated the headlines this year. Now the Skolkovo innovation centre is gathering together Russian and international experts in this field to discuss the...
A Russian Cybathlon Federation was officially set up on Tuesday to develop the creation of technology to help disabled people, with the Skolkovo Foundation among the signatories of the founding document. The first international Cybathlon was held in Zurich...
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...
Russian teams took part in five of six disciplines at the Cybathlon in Zurich at the weekend, in the world’s first international competition for disabled people who use hi-tech devices to help them in their everyday lives. A contestant taking part...
Sergei Semaikin sits motionless in his wheelchair, wearing a tight cap with wires poking out from the holes in it and leading to a small black box fixed to the cap at the base of his skull. On the computer screen in front of him, a cartoon figure runs, jumps...
Konstantin Deblikov deftly extends one black, bionic finger to rub the side of his nose as he talks. The casual observer might think that the young journalist from Voronezh has complete mastery of his bionic hands, but his dexterity belies the struggle that...
Moscow will see its first ever Cybathlon on August 13 for users of bionic prosthetic hands and arms, organised by Skolkovo resident Motorica , which makes roboticised prosthetic hands for children and adults. The official trailer for the Cybathlon 2016...
President Vladimir Putin inspected life-changing medical solutions made by resident companies of the Skolkovo Foundation at the Strategic Initiatives Forum in Moscow on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin greeting a little girl with a prosthetic hand while...
ExoAtlet , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes medical exoskeletons to help disabled people walk, has received official registration as medical equipment for its systems. ExoAtlet pilot Sergei Rubinshtein walks with his wife Galina...
For three days this week, Skolkovo will be transformed into an international centre of industrial design, promise the organisers of an event aimed at helping tech startups to use design as a tool to commercialize their projects. The idea for the Days...
Skolkovo is to become a testing centre for driverless buses with the setting up of a research and development centre by innovative bus-maker Volgabus . The driverless bus developed jointly by Bakulin Motors Group and Skolkovo resident KB Avrora. Photo...
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...
Leading experts in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence from around the world gathered at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Friday for the annual Skolkovo Robotics event. The annual Skolkovo Robotics event attracted both human robot-makers...
Skolkovo resident startup VisionLabs has been selected from among more than 300 companies to become one of 12 participants of ChallengeUp! , an international startup accelerator run by Intel, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom. Participants of the ChallengeUp...
Robots of all shapes, sizes and functions will be busting out of the labs and taking to the streets of the Skolkovo innovation centre on May 20 for the annual Skolkovo Robotics event, attended by robots – and their creators – from all over Russia...
The Skolkovo project set up to diversify the Russian economy away from energy exports has surpassed the targets set for it by the government, and its format should be rolled out around the country, parliamentary deputies and a deputy finance minister said Wednesday...
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...
Skolkovo resident company VisionLabs has been selected as one of just six projects in the final competition of Innorobo , Europe’s biggest robotics trade fair. VisionLabs will now pitch its facial recognition technology, software and cloud solutions...