R&D

U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor hosts biotech & IT startups

October 31, 2013

Washington, D.C., October 28, 2013 — Furthering a commitment to bilateral innovation, a delegation of five biomedical and information technology companies from the University of Nizhny Novgorod visited the University of Maryland on October 16-25 under the auspices of the U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor. The companies participated in the first region-to-region visit of Russian startups under …

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World’s first bio-robot runs on Russian artificial intelligence technology

April 14, 2017

i-Free, a Russian mobile applications and games developer and publisher, provided the artificial intelligence (AI) technology used in the world’s first bionic man, a bio-robot named Frank, created by UK-based Shadow Robot Co. The Bionic Man showcases the latest achievements in bionics and prosthetics. Frank was assembled with bionic parts replacing those parts and systems …

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Automated navigation robot developer raises $500,000, launches warehouse equipment pilot system

October 22, 2013

Earlier this month, RoboCV, a Moscow-based startup developing autopilot solutions for vehicles and industrial equipment, raised $500,000 from LETA Capital, the venture branch of Russian IT security group LETA. RoboCV employs 15 people and is developing “a universal autonomous navigation robotic unit,” which it describes as “a compact device with a built-in associated navigation system …

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Russian localization solution developer wins Smart House EvAAL-2013

October 16, 2013

RTL-Service, a Moscow-headquartered developer of wireless networking and location systems, came out on top last month at the Smart House EvAAL-2013 technology competition in Europe with its RealTrac data transmission and object localization solution. In an exchange with CNews.ru, the company explained that the winning technology enables the pinpointing of mobile objects both outdoors and …

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3D technology from Nizhny Novgorod to prevent design data leaks

October 13, 2013

Ascon, an innovation company from Nizhny Novgorod in the mid-Volga area, has designed a new 3D technology that helps users prevent leaks of confidential design information at R&D companies. Ascon develops integrated solutions for design and engineering automation and production control. Rostech and Rosatom, two major Russian government-owned corporations, are in talks with the developer …

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Novosibirsk’s Supercomputer Center helps geneticists and geophysicists alike

September 25, 2013

The Supercomputer Center in Novosibirsk’s Academgorodok, in Siberia, helps solve a wide range of research problems, from genetics to geophysics, portal RF Science and Technology reported. Set up more than ten years ago, the Center has had its peak capacity boosted since 2009 from 7.1 teraflops to 116 teraflops. Plans are to further increase it …

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Russia’s Ministry of Communications to fund up to 50 IT R&D centers

July 1, 2013

The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media is planning to finance the creation of up to 50 R&D centers in the IT segment in Russia in the next five years, Digit.ru reported in late June. During the International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Deputy Minister Mark Shmulevich said that by 2014 the first 7-10 centers to …

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Yandex offers €150,000 grant to Germany-based Wikidata to fine-tune its algorithm with “huge body of data”

June 17, 2013

Earlier this month, Russian search giant Yandex announced that it has provided a €150,000 grant to Wikidata, a non-profit organization that is developing a knowledge database with structured information obtained from Wikipedia articles. Launched in October 2012 by Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikidata is creating a huge database about different objects, people, things, and phenomena, and how …

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Russian innovators offer solutions for mobile medicine; Cisco backs hi-tech endeavors

June 12, 2013

The Russian government has named pharmaceutical and biomedical as priority sectors for innovation, and has set a fairly ambitious strategic goal of increasing the share of domestic medical equipment products in the Russian market to at least 40%. In these highly important fields, two new players have emerged recently in Russia, assisted by the global …

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Kaspersky Lab aims to “be more American than the Americans”

June 3, 2013

Russian IT security solutions developer Kaspersky Lab plans to open a new US office in the Washington D.C. area to sell its products to the US government, Reuters reported earlier this month. One of the world’s biggest buyers of security software, the US government traditionally avoids purchasing Russian IT products out of fear that they …

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Russia moves to foster closer ties between IT business and academia

November 19, 2014

Two Russian ministries are expected to jointly create and help fund a network of IT-focused scientific and research centers at Russia’s leading universities, industry portal ComNews.ru reported last week. The Ministry of Education and Science will lead the effort, while the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications will back the move by liaising with the …

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