TOMSK, Oct 11 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) starts cooperation in the field of educational robotics with Rostec's subsidiary CRI Electronics and industrial cluster Consortium of Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems, it is about joint projects and involving students in work, the university's press service reported on Monday.
According to the press service, the cooperation agreement was signed at the forum Microelectronics 2021 by the TUSUR Rector Victor Rulevsky, the general director of CRI Electronics Arseniy Brykin and the director of the Consortium of robotics Marina Zinina. It is about joint research projects and student internships.
"Joint work will be devoted to working on different aspects in the field of educational robotics, such as the creation of relevant educational technologies, domestic standards and a special educational platform", – Rulevsky is quoted.
The rector also noted that the cooperation will take into account the existing achievements of the participants in the field of educational robotics, including TUSUR's experience in holding large-scale competitions – the Russian stage of the RoboCup World Championship.The press release notes that earlier TUSUR began to cooperate with Promobot, a manufacturer of autonomous service robots. The university became a participant in Russia's first master's program Autonomous Service Robots, which has been implemented since 2020 by Promobot.
Earlier it was reported that TUSUR employees created a robot that can diversify online lessons for schoolchildren. It makes electronic educational resources more interactive, and in the offline format, it can reduce the workload on the teacher. The robot is placed next to the computer and connected to it via a local network.