Tomsk schoolboy present a project of robot for collecting tea to Putin

TOMSK, Dec 6 – RIA Tomsk. Schoolboy of Tomsk gymnasium No. 29 Artem Batalov presented to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin a project of a robot for tea plantations that can improve the agricultural products quality, the development was created by schoolchildren at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi, the press service of the regional administration said on Friday.

It is noted that the Russian-Indian project school "Big Challenges in the Field of Sustainable Development" is working at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi. Within the framework of the school, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the head of the Board of Trustees of the Talent and Success Foundation, was presented seven group project developments.

"The pupil of Tomsk gymnasium No. 29 Artem Batalov told the head of state about a robot for tea plantations. Schoolchildren came up with an automated dual robotic system that eliminates low-quality leaves and shoots when collecting tea leaves using machine vision algorithms. This improves the quality of the tea products collected", – is said in the message.

It is specified that the idea of ​​a tea robot creating is relevant both in Sochi, which is a strategic territory for the cultivation of tea culture, and in India, for which tea is a national treasure. Artem Batalov visited this southern country last fall as part of a delegation of Sirius graduates, where he worked on the "Smart Transport Infrastructure" project.

It is added that the first international Russian-Indian project school "Big Challenges in the Field of Sustainable Development" started on November 29 and will last until December 7. 25 Indian and 25 Russian schoolchildren take part in it. Each team develops a project that is consistent with the sustainable development strategy enshrined in the UN Declaration.