The Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with Yandex and Sberbank, is working on creating unified software for industrial robots. The first results of this work are expected to be presented in the summer of 2025.
This should facilitate the integration of robotics in manufacturing plants. However, this project also has certain risks.
There are many companies in Russia that produce industrial robots. However, the software for them has not yet been unified. Each company develops its own solutions, which complicates their interaction and limits enterprises in their choice of suppliers.
To solve this problem, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has initiated the development of a unified software standard. This will allow robots from different manufacturers to work in a single system.
During a round table dedicated to industrial robotization in Russia, which took place at Kept, Ruslan Akhmedov, Head of the Department of Machine Tool Engineering and Heavy Engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, explained that the department seeks to clearly define the functions of the participants in the process. Manufacturers should focus on the development of hardware, while specialized IT companies will be engaged in the development of software.
The key partners in this project are Yandex and Sberbank. They will be developing a unified software platform that will simplify the use of industrial robots for business.
Currently, organizations that implement robotization face certain difficulties:
- the software of various manufacturers does not interact well with each other, which entails additional adaptation costs;
- dependence on foreign solutions, especially after the departure of Western developers, limits access to new technologies;
- the lack of a unified standard complicates the work of integration specialists and increases the cost of implementing robotics.
The development of standardized software will allow Russian companies to integrate robots into production processes more quickly and at a lower cost, reducing dependence on foreign developments.
In addition, the use of a common standard will facilitate the dissemination of technologies in various enterprises and open up new prospects for robotics manufacturers.
Although the initiative looks promising, it also has weaknesses. The main question is how flexible the new standard will be. If it is too rigid, it may limit developers in creating innovative solutions. In addition, it is not yet known how support will be organized for existing robots running on old software.
By the summer of 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to present the first results of its work. If the project is successful, it could be a significant event for the development of robotics and the IT industry in Russia.
Earlier, NSTU NETI created a robot for Russian schools. It is designed for conducting laboratory work in chemistry and physics. This robot is equipped with four degrees of freedom, which allows it to move freely, capture objects, and make smooth movements.
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