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ITMO’s Robot Artist Learns To Earn Money Using NFT
Researchers from ITMO’s Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies are the first to launch NFT (non-fungible tokens) for the creations of the Gaka-Chu robot artist. The robot’s pictures are already in demand – there are buyers willing to purchase tokens for the equivalent of $1,600 in Ethereum. Gaka-Chu will spend his earnings on new paints, brushes, and canvas.
30.03.2021
Winter School on Robotics and Control Systems Wraps at ITMO
On February 3-6, ITMO hosted the Winter School on Robotics and Control Systems, which brought together over a hundred participants. The best students will have the chance to enroll in ITMO’s Master’s programs without taking entrance exams.
12.02.2021
Picture of the Week: Kawasaki Robotics Industrial Robot with Force Control Sensor
The robot is used to test new sensorless control algorithms, which provide safety for humans working alongside industrial robots.
08.02.2021
Picture of the Week: FESTO Robot Vision Cell With Complex Arm Movement
The picture demonstrates the FESTO robot vision cell, consisting of a Mitsubishi robot, its auxiliaries, and a protective case, which is used by students as a training platform for working with industrial robots.
25.01.2021
CES 2021 Presents: High-Tech Face Masks, Transparent Screens and Flying Cars
Illuminated face masks, housekeeping robots, transparent TVs, expandable smartphones, and flying cars – in this review, we will tell you about the most breathtaking devices showcased at CES 2021.
15.01.2021
Picture of the Week: Mobile Manipulator Robot KUKA youBot
KUKA youBot is a small tabletop robot produced by the German company KUKA Roboter. It gave start to a project for the creation of a new sensorless algorithm that is now in development at the International Laboratory of Geometrical Methods in Control and Application.
04.01.2021
ITMO Researchers Teach Robots to Run Chemical Experiments
ITMO University experts are creating technological assistants for chemical laboratories that will be able to take over all routine work with no human involvement needed. Right now, the first prototypes are already performing the simplest manipulations. In the future, robotic chemists will be able to run their own research for accumulating large amounts of data and performing primary analysis.
23.12.2020
What’s Behind the Renewed Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Program
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence program (previously called Robotics) is aimed at training specialists working at the intersection of two fields. Read this article to learn why robotics is so important for AI and vice versa, and what sociologists and programmers are to do in this program.
22.12.2020
ITMO Team Takes 4th Place at World Robot Olympiad 2020
Eighteen teams participating in this year’s World Robot Olympiad (WRO) had to compete for five main prizes. The team from ITMO University represented Russia at the competition and finished fourth in the Open Category.
17.11.2020
Three ITMO Students and a Graduate Win UMNIK Grant Competition – Here Are Their Projects and Plans
The winners’ projects include a prosthetic elbow joint, 3D-printed dental implants, a medical diagnostics system, as well as a program that finds errors in code. The results of the competition were announced on October 23.
09.11.2020