Experts have revealed the key tasks for the breakthrough of Russian robotics

Increasing productivity in mechanical engineering and replacing manual labor in transport are key tasks for industrial robotics in Russia, and creating its own component base is the main condition for the development of the entire industry. This opinion was expressed on February 5 in an interview with Izvestia by Evgeny Dudorov, Deputy Director of JSC Corporation of Robots, Chairman of the Management Board of the Consortium of Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems.

"You need to understand that there are two blocks of robotics. There is industrial robotics, there is service robotics. If we are talking about industrial robotics as such, then the main field of application is everything related to mechanical engineering. It is necessary to solve problems related to increasing labor productivity directly in metalworking industries. There is a good combination of using a robot and a machine tool," said Evgeny Dudorov, Chairman of the Management Board of the Consortium of Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems.

According to him, the second critically important area is the application of robotics in transport, in particular on the railway, where many people are involved.

"The processes that were originally performed by humans can be transferred to robotics. But here, as a rule, such industrial and service robotics is already used. That is, they can be industrial manipulators on a mobile chassis, they can be various solutions in the form of autonomous trolleys that move, carry out inspections, perform some functional tasks," Dudorov explained.

Maxim Gurbashkov, CEO of Innodrive, shifted the focus to the fundamental problem of the industry — dependence on imports.

"For the successful development of various robotic systems and complexes, it is important to resolve the issue of domestic components. These are engines, drives, sensors, communication systems, navigation, elementary bearings. This is also a seemingly small element, but it requires the creation of domestic production facilities," he said.

Gurbashkov stressed that development is impossible without this technological sovereignty, stating that without our own components we will not be able to develop our own robotics.

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Artur Zarkhi, CEO of the Robot Corporation, spoke about the main problem of Russian robotics on December 24 last year. While striving to become one of the world leaders in industrial robotics, the main challenge for Russian enterprises remains the shortage of qualified engineers, which can slow down the technological breakthrough.

The expert said that this area is developing unevenly and the country is still inferior to the world leaders in terms of robot density, but over the past two or three years, more and more companies have begun to introduce technologies, primarily in the automotive and metalworking industries, where robots compensate for the shortage of personnel.

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