Irkutsk hosts anniversary festival of robots and technologies

The festival participants solved problems that were not at all childish. Thus, the youngest schoolchildren brilliantly proved that robots are indispensable assistants in everyday life and agriculture. For example, the "Girls" from Krasnoyarsk demonstrated "Spuskalka" – a smart mechanism that transports potatoes, carrots and jars of pickles underground. It can withstand a weight of eight to 16 kilograms.

"I have a lonely great-grandmother who needs help with taking the harvest down to the basement and underground. We thought that there are many such people and we need to take care of them," said one of the team members, Alisa.

The Meteorite team from the Kazachinsko-Lensky district of the Angara region presented a robot that helps farmers carefully pick tomatoes.

"The plantations are large, and the pickers have to go back and forth, carrying two boxes, because not only red tomatoes but also green ones are processed. It's hard work. Our robot can help," shared Alexander Safronov and Trofim Kiselev.

The schoolchildren's invention will cost the farm 250 thousand rubles. Fuel costs are minimal, because the robot is "powered" mainly by solar panels and a wind station. The machine is capable of accumulating energy, so bad weather is not a problem for it. In extreme cases, it can be charged in the hangar. At the same time, the robot can sort tomatoes by color and level of hardness and create special layers between riper tomatoes and those that will not get crushed in the box.

"Scientific Bees" from Krasnoyarsk tried to solve the problem of harvester downtime. The guys came up with a system of applications that set tasks for drivers based on the capabilities of the equipment, monitor processes and plot optimal routes.

High school students at Robosib presented projects related to energy. Tenth-graders from Tochka Buduschego proposed replacing a whole group of specialists who monitor the equipment at a hydroelectric power station and respond to emergency situations with a hybrid robot.

"People spend an hour and a half to two hours to go around the territory. A robot can do it faster. In addition, a person may not pay attention to something, he may be tired or distracted, which is why he will not see the problem. The goal of our project is to eliminate the human factor, protect the company from damage and reduce the risk of injury," said Yegor Kozlov.

In case of an emergency, the robot will transmit a signal to the special services, and while, for example, firefighters are on their way, it can act as a fire extinguisher and start putting out the flames on its own. The guys have been working on this project since the beginning of the school year and even met with an engineer from the Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station to find out how the plant is organized and whether their research would be relevant for power engineers. It turned out that the technology is more than in demand and it is even possible to get a grant for it.

Meanwhile

The Perspektiva Center for Supplementary Education from Zelenogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai) continues accepting applications for participation in the All-Russian 3D Modeling and Printing Competition. Among the competition's partners are leading companies in the field of 3D technologies and the best technical universities in Siberia. This means that each participant will have a chance to pave a broad path to the future. Information about the participants is entered into the state information register "Talents of Russia", and the winners will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam. Applications are accepted until February 1. They can be submitted in the Perspektiva 3D community on VKontakte.