Thanks to the online format of the winter robotics school, it will be available to third- and fourth-year Bachelor’s students from all across Russia. The school will offer five tracks, with the opportunity to focus on just one or pick several. Each track will include lectures and workshops by experts from Sberbank and ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics.
In the track Robotics and AI, students will learn the basics of machine learning, computer vision, and decision-making for robotic systems, as well as practice integrating AI algorithms for collaborative manipulators and autonomous mobile robots.
Digital Production is a track focused on cutting-edge methods for organizing and managing production processes in the age of digital transformation. Some examples of such approaches are AI and machine learning applications in production; automation and robotization of businesses; additive technologies; and new control methods for high-tech products.
The track Control Systems will offer insights into the modern tools used in designing algorithms for complex dynamic systems, especially in conditions of uncertainty, as well as the basic goals of control theory: stability and tracking.
Experts of the track Navigation and Movement Control will talk about the current state of navigation and brand-new sensors for information and navigation systems, as well as autonomous vehicles based on them.
Finally, the Electrical Engineering track will help students navigate modern electrotechnical and energy foundations of robotic systems – from transforming and controlling electrical energy to data-driven diagnostics and analysis of electric drives. Participants will learn the principles of system design for a robot’s power section, learn to understand the logic of selecting an electric drive for a specific task, and apply data analysis and machine learning methods in diagnosing faults in electric drives.
“The robotics school by Sberbank and ITMO offers students a chance to try their hand at tasks found in the robotics industry and see which competencies will be key in the field in the coming years. For us, it’s important to not only share the trends with young professionals, but also engage them in the real-world work of Sberbank’s Robotics Center, one of the biggest teams in the country. Our goal is to equip students with the tools that work, share our experience, and help them see this field from the inside,” shared Ivan Borisov, the deputy head of Sberbank’s Robotics Center.
Ivan Borisov. Photo by Dmitry Grigoryev / ITMO NEWS
“Embodied intelligence is becoming one of the major technology trends. Today, when AI is turning into a basic development tool and requirements for specialists keep growing, a deep robotics expertise becomes a competitive advantage on the market. At the Roboschool, students can practice modern AI tools while also boosting their fundamental skills: modelling, design, and control. I hope that this will be an important career step for our participants,” says Sergey Kolyubin, a professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics.
Sergey Kolyubin. Photo by ITMO University
At the end of the school, participants will complete a final test that will determine the winners, who will get the chance to enroll in tuition-free positions at ITMO without exams.
Participants of the school will also have the opportunity to join It’s Your Call! – an educational forum that will be held at ITMO on April 6-10. Winners of the forum will receive certificates that offer exam-free admission to Master’s programs of the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics:
- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence;
- Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles;
- Systems Analysis, Control, and Robotics;
- Digital Technologies in Manufacturing;
- Intelligent Control Systems;
- Electrical and Power Engineering.
The school is organized by the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics; this year, the event’s general partner is Sberbank. Thanks to this partnership, the school’s program has become more diverse, allowing students to learn in-demand skills directly from the company’s top experts.
To join the school, you will need to sign up on its website by February 18. The school’s first round will be held online on February 19-25. Follow the event’s Telegram channel (in Russian) to receive relevant updates.
