Young engineers from Polytechnic University won bronze at the all-Russian competition "Robocross.Dune"

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The 15th All-Russian competition of high-cross-country robotic platforms "Robocross.Dune" was held at the "Beryozovaya Poima" training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This year, the Polytechnic University team participated for the first time. Activists from the Polytech Voltage Machine (PVM) student association of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport presented a universal tracked platform of their own design, "Object 314".

The SPbPU team included students, postgraduates and employees of the PVM design bureau. This includes project manager Gennady Zyabkin, team leader Vsevolod Gaiduk, as well as engineers: designer Alexander Kutuzov, programmer Kirill Khitushkin and researcher Anton Larionov (representative of the Scientific Research Laboratory "Industrial Systems of Streaming Data Processing").

The technological partner of Polytech Voltage Machine was the company “Scientific and Production Enterprise “Measuring Technologies SPb”, which specializes in the development of control systems for electric drives.

The Polytechnicians successfully completed all stages. They presented engineering documentation to the jury, tested the safety systems and completed the competition with complex tests on a route with various obstacles.

As a result, representatives of Polytech Voltage Machine took third place, proving the high reliability and potential of their development.

"Such events help to effectively evaluate the capabilities of the robotic platform, since the design, electronics and control system are subject to critical loads during competitions. Next year, we intend to implement autonomous control, which will allow us to use it in more difficult conditions, and become the absolute winners of the competition," said Gennady Zyabkin, a second-year master's student at the Higher School of Automation and Robotics and the head of the Object 314 project.

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Scientists from NSU and Scientific and Technical Complex "Microsurgery of the Eye" are developing an autonomous AI assistant for visually impaired people

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The basic model of an autonomous intelligent assistant for visually impaired and blind patients was presented to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation — Head of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko during his visit to Novosibirsk State University. The device is being developed using large language models and artificial intelligence technologies.

The idea of the development belongs to the Novosibirsk branch of the Federal State Autonomous Institution “National Medical Research Center “Microsurgery of the Eye” named after Academician S.N. Fedorov” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, which, together with scientists Research Center in the Field of Artificial Intelligence of NSU (NSU AI Center) creates a new device designed to make it easier for visually impaired and blind people to navigate in space using modern technologies.

As noted by the director of the Novosibirsk branch of the Scientific and Technical Complex "Microsurgery of the Eye", professor, doctor of medical sciences Valery Chernykh, today there are various approaches related to the possibility of giving a blind person a chance of functional orientation in the surrounding space, his adaptation and rehabilitation with the possibility of actively and independently living a full life.

First of all, these are social and rehabilitation-educational programs that require quite large financial investments. In addition, over the past 20 years, scientists from various countries have been attempting to implant expensive and high-tech chips either into the retina or directly into the occipital part of the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for the function of vision. These are very complex and expensive operations with a high risk of complications and, unfortunately, with a fairly low percentage of effectiveness, since the results obtained do not last long. Several such operations have also been carried out in our country, the results of which cannot yet be considered satisfactory.

— Considering the active development of technologies related to the capabilities of artificial intelligence, the idea was born to use the auditory analyzer of the brain for human orientation in space. When a person reads a book or listens to an audio recording, certain images of objects, etc. are formed in his brain. If a visually impaired or blind patient is given the opportunity to determine the distance to an object (doorway, window, vehicle), its size, etc. through the auditory analyzer, this will certainly help him in real life and adaptation in the social environment. Considering the previous successful experience of joint work, we decided to join forces with scientists from the Research Center for Artificial Intelligence of the Novosibirsk State University in order to create such a technology that should be autonomous and not use the Internet, — said Valery Chernykh.

At the first stage, the developers create a prototype of the device and train the model in accordance with the tasks set, which is actively carried out by the formed working group, which includes scientists from the NSU AI Center and the Scientific and Technical Complex "Microsurgery of the Eye".

— We use large language models to help this category of patients analyze the surrounding space — to create a guide for them that could give a concentrated verbal description of all objects in front of the user. The principle of this system is simple: a video camera will “see” instead of a person, the information from which will be sent to a portable computer, which will convert it into text. Then the text description is converted by a voice assistant and sent directly to the patient through headphones. This message provides the basic information that the user needs to know to navigate in space, — explained Alexey Okunev, head of the project at the NSU AI Center.

The device is developed using a multimodal language model, which allows it to already provide a fairly high-quality verbal description of surrounding rooms and objects. In the future, the user will be able to ask clarifying questions about the observed scene and receive detailed answers to them. This language model also perfectly recognizes texts, reads inscriptions, signs, obstacle warnings, etc.

Currently, a basic model has been created, a prototype of the device will be ready by the end of 2025. This is a compact wearable system consisting of a single-board 16-core computer placed in a shoulder bag, a video camera (for example, GoPro) and headphones. The device will be equipped with a battery, and all elements will be connected by wireless communication channels. The user will hold the video camera in his hand and point it in the desired direction. The total weight of the device with the battery will be about 1 kg.

According to the experts of the NSU Center for Information Technologies, it will take more than one year to develop the final product ready for replication, and now they are at the very start of the project. This concerns both the technical part and the training of artificial intelligence. After the prototype is created this year, long-term work will begin on setting up the device, setting modes, collecting a database and training AI.

The developers plan to teach the AI to prioritize information delivery, highlighting from the entire video sequence the details that are most important for the visually impaired person to orient themselves in space and assess the surrounding environment depending on the situation. It is assumed that the device will have several operating modes: a movement mode for moving in space, a reading mode for working with text documents, etc.

It will also be necessary to train a blind or visually impaired patient to work with the device in various modes and adapt it to new capabilities. As noted by the Scientific and Technical Complex "Microsurgery of the Eye", at this stage, the work of not only ophthalmologists, but also specialists in the field of neurophysiology will be required. And the third task that will need to be solved is the need to create a specialized ophthalmological rehabilitation center to prepare blind patients directly for working with the device.

“The creation of such a device is of interest in the ophthalmological community as an extremely relevant and necessary area, the implementation of which will enable blind patients to adapt to the environment, which is a socially significant project,” concluded Valery Chernykh.

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The Higher School of Economics analyzed the implementation of national projects

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Interuniversity Dialogue: Polytechnic University Develops Cooperation with the University Community of Southern Russia

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Professor of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics of the Institute of Mechanics and Technology and the Law of the Russian Federation Alexander Babkin took part in the work of the dissertation council of the Donetsk Academy of Management and Public Administration. This event strengthened the academic cooperation of the two educational institutions.

The Polytechnic professor was the first opponent of Anna Borodatskaya's candidate dissertation on the topic "Methods and criteria for assessing the effectiveness of the construction complex management system." Based on the results of the defense, the applicant was awarded the academic degree of candidate of economic sciences.

At the meeting, Alexander Babkin also discussed cooperation issues with the chairperson of the dissertation council, Alina Kretova, and members of the council representing universities in the south of Russia. The conversation concerned not only scientific aspects, but also interaction with the Donbass National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, which opens up new opportunities for joint research and exchange of experience.

"Interaction with specialists from universities of the Donetsk People's Republic will contribute to the development of our scientific ties. I would like to especially note the high level of the dissertation council staff and their interest in working together," Alexander Vasilyevich commented on the results of his trip. He emphasized the importance of establishing contacts between educational institutions that will be useful for both scientists and students.

“The visit of representatives of the Higher School of Engineering and Economics to the universities of the Donetsk People’s Republic was a significant step in scientific cooperation and exchange of experience,” said the school’s director, Dmitry Rodionov.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

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The Prime Minister got acquainted with the progress of reconstruction of the airport terminal complex and the airfield runway during a working visit to the Amur Region.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

Construction work on the new airport complex in Blagoveshchensk began in 2023. To date, the installation of the building's metal structures and 3,000 square meters of wall sandwich panels has been completed, and the installation of facade and stained glass structures is underway. Work is underway inside the building to erect partitions and engineering systems.

The airport's landscaping area is underway. Its park section will be converted into a recreational area of over 5,500 square meters. It will feature an amphitheater with a canopy, a rock garden, benches, and gazebos for storing luggage carts. The renovated landscaping area will be put into operation in the third quarter of this year.

To date, the modernization of the airfield complex has been almost completely completed using federal budget funds. A new artificial runway, 3,000 m long and 45 m wide, capable of accommodating all types of aircraft, is already being successfully used. It received its first flight in December 2023. A new taxiway, aprons, treatment facilities, an emergency rescue station, and a patrol road have also been put into operation.

The small aircraft apron is currently being reconstructed. Two more taxiways are planned to be put into operation by the end of the year.

Over 6 years, the passenger flow of Blagoveshchensk airport has grown more than 2.2 times – from 418 thousand people in 2018 to 928 thousand in 2024. More than a million passengers are expected in 2025.

Since May 2025, the regional highway Blagoveshchensk – Bibikovo, which connects the regional capital with the Ignatievo International Airport, has also been reconstructed. The project provides for the expansion of the road to four lanes and the separation of flows, as well as a comprehensive modernization of utility networks and outdoor lighting systems, the reconstruction of communication networks, electrical and heating networks, the organization of storm sewers and water drainage.

Today, the section of the Blagoveshchensk-Bibikovo road, running from the regional capital to the settlement of Aeroport, is the busiest highway in the region.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the automobile checkpoint across the state border Kani-Kurgan

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The Prime Minister got acquainted with the progress of the border crossing reconstruction and visited the Kanikurgan customs and logistics terminal.

Mikhail Mishustin inspected the automobile checkpoint across the state border of Kani-Kurgan. With the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov, the Minister of Transport Andrey Nikitin, the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov and the Head of the Border Department of the FSB of Russia for the Amur Region Yevgeny Trukhanov

Kani-Kurgan is one of the key border crossings on the Russian-Chinese border. On June 10, 2022, the official ceremony of opening the movement of freight transport through the border bridge crossing took place and the first trucks went through the Kani-Kurgan-Heihe checkpoint. The nature of the international traffic is freight and passenger.

Currently, a temporary scheme of operation of the automobile checkpoint (ACP) with restrictions on infrastructure and throughput capacity has been implemented on the Russian side. The temporary scheme was created for the period until the completion of the creation of the permanent ACP Kani-Kurgan. At the same time, on the Chinese side, a permanent ACP with a throughput capacity of 1,100 vehicles per day operates.

To launch the movement of freight transport in the conditions of the temporary scheme of work of the APP Kani-Kurgan, the service "Electronic queue for vehicles" was created. With the efforts of the attracted investor, at a distance of 4 km from the APP, an accumulation site for 250 trucks for registration and waiting for departure to the checkpoint was equipped. Own software for managing the process of formation of the queue of vehicles was developed and implemented.

As of July 7, 2025, over 170 thousand vehicles have crossed the bridge during the entire period of operation. This year, the maximum level of traffic flow was recorded in May and amounted to 7943 vehicles, and the average daily figure was 265 vehicles per day.

Packaging, tires, auto parts, equipment, building materials, clothing, electrical appliances, wheeled special equipment and cars are imported through the border bridge crossing. Soybean and sea buckthorn oil, legumes, lumber, veneer, cosmetics, raw materials for Chinese traditional medicine, and dry milk are exported.

Since August 2023, transportation of dangerous goods has been open. Helium, liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are currently exported. In 2025, the export flow of transport with dangerous goods increased from 91 vehicles in January to 225 vehicles in June.

In addition, a regular international passenger route between the cities of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe was opened via the bridge on December 10, 2024.

Mikhail Mishustin during a working trip to the Far East in August 2020 inspected the new Blagoveshchensk-Heihe international road bridge and talked to the builders.

The Kanikurgan customs and logistics terminal was put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2023. Total area – 180 thousand sq. m. Usable area of the temporary storage warehouse – 22 thousand sq. m. Capacity – simultaneous placement of at least 600 large-capacity vehicles.

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Mikhail Mishustin inspected the new airport complex of the Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) named after N.N. Muravyov-Amursky

The terminal provides comprehensive customs services for import and export cargo flows all year round, 24 hours a day. The complex includes 2 sites:

— cargo clearance and customs control area. There is a temporary storage warehouse with an area of 3 thousand square meters. The premises provide a loading area for all types of vehicles, rack storage of cargo is organized, and a fleet of equipment has been purchased;

— a cargo complex. It has 2 transshipment terminals, cold and dry warehouses, including a multi-temperature one.

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The government will provide additional funding for the project to create a comfortable urban environment in the Saratov region

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The government continues to assist regions in creating a comfortable urban environment. An additional 1 billion rubles will be allocated for bank protection and subsequent construction of the Volgograd Reservoir embankment in Saratov. An order to this effect has been signed.

Financing from the Government's reserve fund will speed up the pace of work. Thus, it is expected that by the end of 2025, the work of the second stage of coastal protection of the section from the first berth to the Zaton solarium will be fully completed, as well as 70% of the work of the third stage. Thus, the commissioning of the facility will be possible as early as September 2026, and not in 2027, as previously planned.

The creation of a full-fledged coastal protection belt will allow the embankment built on it to be used as a new public and cultural center for the residents of Saratov.

Federal funds are allocated to the Saratov Region on a co-financing basis. The work is being carried out within the framework of the federal project "Assistance to the development of infrastructure of the subjects of the Russian Federation (municipalities)".

The issues of embankment reconstruction were discussed during working visit of the Prime Minister to the Saratov Region in September 2021“We will definitely support a project that will help create a comfortable urban environment,” Mikhail Mishustin emphasized.

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On July 21–22, Mikhail Mishustin will make a working visit to the Far Eastern Federal District

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On July 21, Mikhail Mishustin will inspect the new airport terminal complex under construction at the international airport in Blagoveshchensk, the automobile checkpoint across the state border in Kani-Kurgan, and the customs and logistics terminal "Kani-Kurgan". The Prime Minister's program also includes a visit to a social and cultural facility.

Mikhail Mishustin will meet with the Governor of the Amur Region Vasily Orlov.

The Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin and the Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Aleksei Chekunkov will take part in the events of the trip.

On July 22, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting in Chita on the issue of "Development of grain exports". Mikhail Mishustin will also visit the Zabaikalsky Krai Perinatal Center.

The Prime Minister's schedule includes a meeting with the Governor of the Zabaikalsky Krai, Alexander Osipov.

The events of the trip will be attended by the Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, the Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin, and the Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexei Chekunkov.

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Dmitry Chernyshenko and Andrey Fursenko presented diplomas to graduates of the program for developing personnel reserves in science

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A group photo of the participants and members of the certification committee after defending their projects and awarding diplomas for the program for developing the management personnel reserve in the field of science, technology and higher education

The Government Coordination Centre held a defense of projects and the presentation of diplomas to participants in the operational level of the programme for the development of a management personnel reserve in the field of science, technology and higher education.

Aide to the President of Russia Andrei Fursenko, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Chairman of the Council of the Federal Territory "Sirius", Head of the Educational Foundation "Talent and Success" Elena Shmeleva, Rector of the Presidential Academy Alexei Komissarov congratulated the participants and presented them with diplomas.

"With each stream, the quality of the participants' work grows. None of the teams approached the task formally; each wanted to create something new, something of their own. As a parting word, I would like to note: it is very important that in all projects that you will supplement and implement in the future, there is an emphasis not only on the process, but also on the final result. Of course, we all want to achieve some personal result. But it is very important that it is comparable in scale and significance to what is necessary for the interests of the country," said Andrey Fursenko.

Dmitry Chernyshenko thanked the Presidential Academy and Sirius University for organizing the program. He also noted the importance of the connections developed by the participants, their abilities and decision-making skills.

"I am glad that our country has acquired even more advanced, more effective managers. They will help domestic science, which, like a huge ship, continues to move forward and has great potential, to become even more effective. We sincerely count on it. The opportunities that were given to the participants are one of the most valuable, effective investments in development, increasing the managerial potential in the field of science. So, good luck, let's continue working together," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

Among them are 6 rectors and 10 vice-rectors of universities, a deputy chairman of the regional government, a deputy governor, regional ministers, 24 doctors of science, 46 candidates of science, and 4 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Addressing the graduates, Elena Shmeleva singled out the teams she particularly liked and invited them to internships at the federal territory of Sirius.

"Each of the project participants underwent a serious selection and intensive training in eight modules of the program, which took place at leading educational and technological sites in Russia. All the students are experienced managers. And it is very important and responsible that it was the Presidential Academy that became the place where they were able to unite into a single professional community to solve the current problems of Russian science and education," said Alexey Komissarov, Rector of the Presidential Academy.

The participants were also congratulated and their projects were commented on by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Denis Sekirinsky, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration for Scientific and Educational Policy Yulia Linskaya, and Deputy Director for Research at the N.F. Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Denis Logunov.

The program for the development of a personnel management reserve in the field of science, technology and higher education is being implemented on the instructions of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the basis of the Presidential Academy's Graduate School of Management and the Sirius University of Science and Technology in partnership with leading Russian educational centers since 2022.

The goal of the program is to form a community of young managers in the field of science, technology and higher education, united by a common understanding of the challenges facing the country, and possessing the vision, knowledge, skills and motivation for the effective management of scientific organizations, universities, work in federal and regional executive bodies, and technology companies.

Participants in the program include vice-rectors of universities and scientific organizations, heads of research departments of Russian technology companies, heads and deputy heads of regional government bodies overseeing the development of science, education and innovation.

The program consisted of eight educational modules, which were held in Solnechnogorsk, the federal territory "Sirius", in St. Petersburg, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Pyatigorsk and Moscow. Participants studied approaches to achieving the goals of scientific and technological development of Russia, the green economy, industrial and natural resource potential of the regions, considered issues of education and science in a multicultural context, and also carried out practical work.

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The government has expanded the list of modern technologies for concluding special investment contracts

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The list of modern technologies, during the development or implementation of which companies can conclude special investment contracts with the state (SPIC 2.0), has been expanded by another 21 items. The order to supplement the existing list was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

The updated list includes technologies that can be used in medicine, the chemical and food industries, agriculture, energy, and construction.

These technologies include new methods for producing hydrogen, ammonia, nitric acid, granulated urea, building materials, new generation feed enzyme preparations, bread and bakery products with an extended shelf life, vegetable oil and other products.

Commenting on the signed documentGovernment meeting on July 17, Mikhail Mishustin emphasized that it will attract additional private investment in priority areas, and will also help develop the production of products that are critically important for the country.

In a new format, the special investment contract mechanism has been in effect since the end of 2020. It allows attracting large private capital investments in the development of innovative solutions and the creation of high-tech production facilities for the production of competitive domestic products.

Within the framework of the SPIC mechanism, the investor undertakes to implement an investment project for the introduction or development and introduction of modern technology for the development of serial production of industrial products on the territory of Russia within the timeframes specified in the contract.

The state, for its part, guarantees such an investor favorable, clear and unchangeable conditions for investments, including tax benefits and special conditions for land lease without tenders. Contracts are concluded for a period of up to 15 years if investments in the project do not exceed 50 billion rubles. For a larger amount, the period of the agreement may be extended to 20 years.

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