Νew Technologies and Innovation Development in Russia

miketheterrible wrote:Well, Rusnano was under heavy scrutiny within Russia so maybe now they will be forced to spend their money within the country.  But of course, it is ran by everyones favorite Chubias whom was a US stooge anyway.  So either he flees with the money or tries to use the government handouts he gets, against his own government.  Which I hope he does so it finally lands his corrupt ass in jail.

Rusnano should not have been investing in the west like it has.  Most of its investments has been failures anyway.

Do you have a reference?  The video cites an example of a success where Rosnano doubled its investment and got the IP rights for Russian
use.  In fact, the video refers to a large number of such cases.   Rosnano has collected the rewards of these investments and is now
pumping up Russian startups.

The problem I have with blanket failure statements about Rosnano is that I see no evidence of this.   But as the video refers to, there
is lets of yapping by various "non-believers".  

Chubais is clearly not being allowed to run Rosnano into the ground.   And as the video points out, what is exactly Rosnano supposed
to invest in Russia when there have been basically zero startups.   It is Rosnano that is boostrapping startups in Russia.

kvs wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:Well, Rusnano was under heavy scrutiny within Russia so maybe now they will be forced to spend their money within the country.  But of course, it is ran by everyones favorite Chubias whom was a US stooge anyway.  So either he flees with the money or tries to use the government handouts he gets, against his own government.  Which I hope he does so it finally lands his corrupt ass in jail.

Rusnano should not have been investing in the west like it has.  Most of its investments has been failures anyway.

Do you have a reference?  The video cites an example of a success where Rosnano doubled its investment and got the IP rights for Russian
use.  In fact, the video refers to a large number of such cases.   Rosnano has collected the rewards of these investments and is now
pumping up Russian startups.

The problem I have with blanket failure statements about Rosnano is that I see no evidence of this.   But as the video refers to, there
is lets of yapping by various "non-believers".  

Chubais is clearly not being allowed to run Rosnano into the ground.   And as the video points out, what is exactly Rosnano supposed
to invest in Russia when there have been basically zero startups.   It is Rosnano that is boostrapping startups in Russia.

If that's the case, good. But I'm saying most was reference from Russians themselves asking "why the money invested going west?" And there were failures like liotech in Russia which I think got partially sold to someone else and now doing well.

Kaspersky Lab is developing its own mobile OS

https://hitech.newsru.com/article/05mar2019/kasp_os

Kaspersky Lab's antivirus company is working on its own secure mobile operating system, which is created on the basis of the already existing KasperskyOS , designed for Internet of things and automotive systems.

According to RNS , citing sources familiar with the company's plans, the presentation of the development can take place before the end of this year.

Kaspersky Lab is developing its mobile operating system based on KasperskyOS. It will work on several devices, including smartphones, "said a top manager of one of the IT companies, specifying that Kaspersky Lab plans to sell operating systems to both government agencies and large companies.

Another source added that the new OS is "in good readiness", and the company can also create a version of the system for ordinary users.

"I want to remind you that the project (KasperskyOS), first of all, is designed to provide security and trust in various fields of application. For example, hardly anyone will object that the request for a trusted smartphone is now felt very acutely," Andrei Duhvalov, head of the advanced technologies department at Kaspersky Lab, clarifying that the company views the development of the operating system as one of the promising areas.

To a direct question whether Kaspersky Lab is working on a mobile OS, Duchvalov answered that this direction is interesting for the company.

Recall that the KasperskyOS system was created in 2016, and then the company stressed that the system is not a replacement for the existing broad-based operating systems, but is intended for those areas where security is of paramount importance. The first device using KasperskyOS was the L3 routing switch developed by the Russian company Kraftway.

Russia was built a supercomputer capable of processing huge amounts of data.

The invention is used in the largest Russian and Western scientific projects. The digital platform is used in physical and chemical research, in particular, in the Large Hadron Collider and a particle accelerator under construction.

The latest discoveries that used a supercomputer include the confirmation of the Higgs boson elementary particle. As the head of the group of the integrated computing cluster of the Kurchatov Institute Research and Development Center Anton Tesluk said, subtle patterns need to be singled out in huge arrays of data in large projects. Such a process is impossible without computer centers.

Data from a supercomputer invented in the Russian Federation is processed in 15 centers. Their volume only at the Kurchatov Institute is 30 million gigabytes, reports Channel Five

https://rueconomics.ru/380755-v-rf-izobreli-superkompyuter-dlya-obrabotki-gigantskikh-obemov-dannykh

Manufacturing automation by the use of AI and Robotics is sweeping the US and China. Robots are changing the face of manufacturing

What can Russian startups do to start Robotic Manufacturing units in Russia ? In other words, those Russian start-ups that intend to use Robotic Manufacturing, how should they proceed? Setting up the units, procuring the required machines etc.

jhelb wrote:Manufacturing automation by the use of AI and Robotics is sweeping the US and China. Robots are changing the face of manufacturing

What can Russian startups do to start Robotic Manufacturing units in Russia ? In other words, those Russian start-ups that intend to use Robotic Manufacturing, how should they proceed? Setting up the units, procuring the required machines etc.

What is your basis for assuming that robotics is an issue for Russia.

People need to stop with this hysterical BS. Russia has deployed industrial robots. It does not need to deploy them to the point of
causing mass unemployment. Full bore automation works only for countries like Japan in the automobile sector since they export
vastly more than they consume and they could care less about maximizing employment in offshore production facilities. People
clearly don't understand these details and just drool over "high tech miracles". Who needs inferior humans doing anything, just
automate 100% of the economy and have 99% of the population die off from lack of money for food and shelter.

Please demonstrate issues to Russia's GDP and the prosperity of Russians related to industrial automation levels. I know that
companies think that they can whittle down employment costs to zero. But these companies somehow expect customers to
buy their profit optimized junk. The vast majority of customers are from the worker 99% and not from the owner 1%. Even Henry
Ford knew that he had to pay his workers a good wage to generate demand for his product. A century later and people are going
have to learn this fact all over again.

kvs wrote:What is your basis for assuming that robotics is an issue for Russia. 

Where is the assumption in my question? How did you arrive at this conclusion?

All that I asked is how should Russian startups start a business of Robotic Manufacturing.

jhelb wrote:

kvs wrote:What is your basis for assuming that robotics is an issue for Russia. 

Where is the assumption in my question? How did you arrive at this conclusion?

All that I asked is how should Russian startups start a business of Robotic Manufacturing.

Like every other company, come up with a prototype to seek out investments.

Automation and machine tooling companies already exist. I believe it was NAPO (Su-34 makers) and Kamaz along with some small companies order custom made machines to help automate production.

Robotics is a broad term used for manufacturing. Robotics can also mean machines to wrap pallets and or moving food products around to even making it along a line. This all exists in Russia for a long time. Just like it existed in the United States for a long time. It was actually China that is more recently leading to Automation due to average Chinese wages going way higher than they expected and so instead of using their own people as robots, they just use robots.

Some of course of Russia's automated equipment is imported from Germany and China. Most now are made in Russia either through their own engineering companies and machine tool companies, to screw driver assembly with very slow localization. Actually, Russia is now becoming a huge market for localization and assembly only because after the FOREX drop of the Ruble, Russia became cheaper for countries like even China to move production.

I guess the biggest automation that is an existing product since the cold war is auto CNC machines. US was much ahead in that area over soviet union as seen from the companies in the 80's and then 90's. But now, Russian brands along with Japanese, German and Chinese brands are assembling or manufacturing as a whole in Russia now, which gives them lots of options.


Your question is rather broad and very hard to answer. I don't believe any small company is involved in manufacturing automated stuff. It is a very expensive adventure. Engineering companies are small I guess you can say but they do not actually manufacture automation equipment. They design it, they seek out parts and or other companies that can make specialized one time order, and then they assemble it at the factory/manufacturer that ordered it. It is a lucrative business as you only really have to have designers/engineers and people sourcing parts so the overhead is very low for these companies. But due to the nature of the manufacturers being mostly specialized in something very specific, you wont make the equipment en mass. Only ones would be for agriculture organization like the milking stations.

miketheterrible wrote:They design it

You mean Computer Aided Designing (CAD) ? Or they design the hardware as well.

miketheterrible wrote:they seek out parts and or other companies that can make specialized one time order,

Which type of companies make one time order? Are you saying these companies specialize in one time orders ?

jhelb wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:They design it

You mean Computer Aided Designing (CAD) ? Or they design the hardware as well.

miketheterrible wrote:they seek out parts and or other companies that can make specialized one time order,

Which type of companies make one time order? Are you saying these companies specialize in one time orders ?

There are companies I had the pleasure of visiting in India for example that does this. Never visited one in other countries but do know of their existence. They are factories that can easily adjust their toolings to make a specific piece. Requires little work but for most part, it's generic. Screws, fittings, bolts, etc. Rest are off the shelf goods.

When I also say design, it's the whole design process of the device itself like using the computer to do it (CAD). Rarely they design any components unless of they really have to.

Design is not about how pretty something looks or if it fits the available space... often in machines there is tension or stress or heat or cold... you can fabricate a metal strut out of anything you like, but if some hick just designed it on a napkin, it might fall to bits when it is being used because materials used were not suitable or the shape of them was not strong enough or durable enough.

Even Kalashnikov uses C&C machines that are fully computer controlled and could pretty much mill anything you liked, but they will be loaded with the design for the part they mill and that is what they will do all day and all night.

GarryB wrote:Design is not about how pretty something looks or if it fits the available space... often in machines there is tension or stress or heat or cold... you can fabricate a metal strut out of anything you like, but if some hick just designed it on a napkin, it might fall to bits when it is being used because materials used were not suitable or the shape of them was not strong enough or durable enough.

Even Kalashnikov uses C&C machines that are fully computer controlled and could pretty much mill anything you liked, but they will be loaded with the design for the part they mill and that is what they will do all day and all night.

Yes, I get that. A well known, profitable company like Kalashnikov can afford to buy all the bells & whistles. I was referring to Russian start-ups.

I suspect they will face two major issues :

(1) Securing orders. By far the biggest challenge, especially when you are not a well know brand like Kalashnikov, Sukhoi, Gazprom etc. How will they get hold of customers?

(2) Funding - for procurement of industrial robots

If you are building industrial robots, you don't order industrial robots.

As well, Russian government companies are tasked to order from SME's.  I think last year or year before it was around $4B.  Not really sure on exact numbers.

Obtaining funding is the hardest part. You either have to get a venture fund which took a massive back seat in recent years since they we're underperforming. Bank business loans are best option but rates are rather high. If the startup has good prospects, then loans can be subsidized. Otherwise, you hope to get money through various funds. Best company to go through would be Rostec.

miketheterrible wrote:If you are building industrial robots, you don't order industrial robots.

If you are building industrial robots and you are a start-up you will struggle to find talent, because most of them are working for major companies across Russia. A start-up can't afford such engineers.

miketheterrible wrote:Obtaining funding is the hardest part.

No, not in Russia. Do you live in a Western country? Because it's only in those countries that governments don't support start-ups.

In Russia banks, government will be happy to give you a loan.

The hardest part is acquiring customers. If you are Rostec, your brand name is enough in Russia, globally. But if you are a start up how do you get the customers?

I am not even sure what your question is anymore. I already replied with what happens.

Russia isn't short of talent in the scientific field. It actually lacks workers in the field of trades like electricians, millwrights, etc.

Anyway, the structure is now part of (it is still being worked on) a universal Russian library of industries. Essentially, it is a network that lists available companies, utilities, etc available and what they do. This is how big time state run companies are now contracting small companies for contracts. It really is all about registration of the company. This was started under Medvedev and has been in use for a few years now.

here was approved roadmap for the development of quantum information processing technology

The Advanced Research Fund hosted a meeting of the interdepartmental working group on quantum information processing technologies at the Council on the priority direction of the Strategy for the Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation “Transition to advanced digital, intelligent manufacturing technologies, robotic systems, new materials and large-scale processing systems data, machine learning and artificial intelligence. " The meeting was also attended by representatives of federal executive bodies, state corporations, and scientific organizations.

The meeting participants approved the draft roadmap for the development of quantum information processing technologies in the Russian Federation. The document was developed with the aim of obtaining in the medium and long term practically important scientific and technical results of the world and leading level in the fields of quantum computing, quantum modeling, quantum communications and quantum cryptography.

According to Maxim Vakshtein, Head of the Information Research Department of the Advanced Research Foundation, the mutual linking of planned and already performed work within a single roadmap will increase the effectiveness of research conducted by coordinating the work carried out by individual domestic research teams, consolidating the resources of major government customers and standardizing the requirements to quantum information processing technologies. The roadmap will also contribute to the formation of a favorable environment for the development of the professional community and systemic training of personnel.

Among the key projects implemented in Russia today in the field of quantum information processing technologies are the joint project of the Advanced Research Foundation and the Moscow State University. Mv Lomonosov to create demonstrators 50-qubit quantum computers based on neutral atoms and integrated optical circuits. The project started in October 2018, at the moment the first control experiment to create traps for arrays of neutral cold atoms has been successfully carried out on the basis of the laboratory of quantum optical technologies of the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University. The project to create a quantum computer is designed for a period up to 2021.

https://fpi.gov.ru/press/news/odobrena-dorozhnaya-karta-razvitiya-tekhnologiy-kvantovoy-obrabotki-informatsii-/

This is rather important news:

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/118690/

"The Schwab" began serial production of an improved SWIR camera

Russia's leading research center in Photonics of shvabe holding has launched a series SWIR camera with new extended format matrix. From water, dust and external damage and protect it rugged case.

Serial production of modernized model of SWIR cameras shortwave infrared spectral range with a resolution of 640×512 pixels started at the enterprise of the holding "Schwabe" — SSC RF NPO "Orion". The camera is able to "see" hidden objects in the fog and smoke to detect camouflaged objects and people in conditions of zero visibility, and also has a civil execution. The device was developed in Moscow and on 100% consists of Russian components.

"The SWIR camera is one of the main developments of our enterprise, marked by representatives of the expert community on the many specialized exhibitions. In a series we are launching an improved model. Her new body is made of alloy which is used in the aerospace industry. Shell corresponds to one of the highest protection classes IP67, protecting the unique matrix from damage, dust and water. The camera can be submerged up to one meter without risk to her future health", — said General Director of NPO "Orion" Eugene Chepurnov.

SWIR camera can be used in the composition of the ORION quadcopter-DRONE civil and tracked all the SBH-10, also developed by NPO "Orion"; suitable for use in marine navigation, monitoring & surveillance, security and research activities.

This tech uses Russian matrices owned by NPO Orion. Previously this tech was imported. Now produced in Russia. Much like their Thermal Matrices.

Researchers BFU them. I. Kant create low-temperature ceramics for the production of multilayer chips

https://www.kantiana.ru/news/143/241172/

Several years ago, in connection with the sanctions that were imposed against Russia, domestic scientists were tasked to develop a technology for the production of similar ceramics for microcircuits.

Within the framework of the Federal Target Program, Tomsk State University undertook this important task, which, having received the order, invited specialists from the BFU named after I. Kant.

BFU - Baltic Federal University ( Kaliningrad )

Note SWIR cameras can see through glass and water... unlike most other thermal cameras.

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/119002/

In Technopolis "Moscow" created the first in Russia children's artificial heart

The resident of special economic zone "Technopolis "Moscow", Zelenograd innovation technology center (sietze), has developed Russia's first implantable blood pump "Satellite D" for children.

A reduced model of the LVAD AVK-N "Sputnik", which since 2012 is successfully applied in Russia for the treatment of heart failure, give the possibility to implant it even the youngest patients. The use of new developments in pediatric cardiac surgery will significantly improve the chances of life for children with acute heart failure.

In Russia annually more than 2,000 children with severe forms of heart failure, need to receive high-tech medical assistance, including on the basis of implantable blood pumps.

Miniaturization of the circulatory system allows to reduce the invasiveness of the implantation procedure and expands the possibilities of its use for patients with smaller body size than humans with a growth of 160 centimeters and weight 50 kilograms.

"Every year in Russia about 250 transplanted donor hearts. This figure is negligible compared to how much today is in need of the transplant procedure. System of auxiliary blood circulation (ICS) are designed to replace the mechanical function of the heart in pumping blood. Survival of patients with CRS up to 70% during the first two years after implantation," said Director sietze Sergey Portnov.

To date, the development cycle of an implantable device is completed, the system is in the process of registration of medical devices.

There are only about 10 companies managed to bring the LVAD to the clinics.

Today in Technopolis "Moscow" has about twenty companies engaged in research and manufacture in the field of medical technology and Biopharmaceuticals that produce products to save the lives and health of people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B0QsPOBCcw

All these morons and 5th columnists in Russia who keep going on and on how innovation in Russia does not happen should just
STFU and bugger off to their western utopia.

Imagine that, Russian innovators are targeting big business and not the consumer junk market. So all these pinhead naysayers
conclude that there is no innovation. Retards. The fact, that Russian startups are able to service both domestic and international
corporations says that these innovations are substantial and not frivolous like some billionth iteration of a flat electrical plug.

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/119152/

First certified in Russia industrial 3D printer launched
The company "Laser systems" the first of the Russian manufacturers have received a Certificate of origin ST-1 and the conclusion of the Ministry of industry and trade on industrial production installation of additive selective laser melting on the territory of Russia.

Implementation of the project to create an industrial 3D printer engaged in the cultivation of metal powders, were carried out on the territory of special economic zone "St. Petersburg" for 3 years. The volume of investments amounted to more than 200 million rubles.

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/119144/

The ignition chamber of the world's largest laser confinement fusion facility was completed. Interesting, I have heard almost nothing
about Russia working on laser confinement fusion and at this scale.

Because russians can keep a secret.

kvs wrote:https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/119144/

The ignition chamber of the world's largest laser confinement fusion facility was completed.    Interesting, I have heard almost nothing
about Russia working on laser confinement fusion and at this scale.

Yeah I saw the article a few days back, the images look like something out of a Sci-Fi movie: