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• ITMO Student Ildar Gainullin Wins One Million Rubles at University Battle 2026

  Ildar Gainullin, a Bachelor’s student at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, has won the super final of University Battle 2026, a programming contest by Yandex. He finished first among 200 competitors and took home one million rubles.

  26.06.2026

• Offline Robots and Automated Kitchens: ITMO Researcher Vladislav Gromov on New Challenges for Robotics

  An industrial robot today is an intelligent yet often cumbersome machine that is usually tied to one specific location. Vladislav Gromov and his team, including ITMO PhD students, are training robots to “walk,” “sense” people, and function even without access to the internet. Their next step is to develop a robotic kitchen that will make cooking completely automated – no humans involved. In this interview, Vladislav Gromov shares insights into his project and speaks in detail about challenges scientists face and how other researchers can join his team. 

  15.06.2026

• Robots + AI: Scientists and Big Tech On Making Sci-Fi a Reality

  Intelligent robots that interact with the world around them and make decisions don’t seem so fantastical anymore. How many years separate us from humanoid devices and fully autonomous systems? What data should we use to train robotic systems? And where should one study to bring to life the tech described by Azimov and the Strugatsky brothers? All this was discussed at a session of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) – here are the highlights.

  09.06.2026

• PhD in Robotics: Alexey Vedyakov Talks Robot Control and Industrial Path for PhD Students

  ITMO’s control systems programs are among Russia’s best, recognized by years of being ranked in the top 150 in Automation & Control in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. At ITMO’s Adaptive and Nonlinear Control Systems Lab, control methods for technical and robotic systems are being developed by not only experienced researchers but also current students. For one, a research team helmed by Alexey Vedyakov, an associate professor and a senior researcher at ITMO, builds architectures for robot navigation, AI for physical systems, and control algorithms for robot manipulators to adapt robotic systems for customer needs. In this article, Alexey Vedyakov speaks in detail about his current projects, research tasks in robotics, and working with young scientists.

  29.05.2026

• Russia Proposes First Competence Model for Physical AI Specialists

  In collaboration with ITMO, HSE, MAI, MEPhI, and MIPT, Yandex has launched Russia’s first competence model for specialists in physical AI – a comprehensive roadmap that outlines the essential knowledge and skills that specialists need to produce robots and other AI-assisted autonomous vehicles. The developed model became the basis for Yandex Physical AI Garage – a collaborative program by Yandex and its partner universities. At ITMO, the program will be implemented as a separate track within the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Bachelor’s program.

  22.04.2026

• Student Spotlight: Oludotun Fawole, Nigeria

  What if a robot could help organize your thoughts, connect your ideas, and think more clearly? That’s the kind of future Oludotun, a student of robotics at ITMO University, is interested in building.

  09.04.2026

• School Students From St. Petersburg Win FIRST Tech Challenge Italy Championship

  A team of school students trained by ITMO mentors reigned supreme at the international robotics competition FIRST Tech Challenge Italy Championship. The championship welcomed 36 teams from 13 countries. The team will now compete in the final stage – the world robotics championship in the USA.

  12.03.2026

• ITMO Students Among Best at GSEA Russia Competition of Young Entrepreneurs

  Veronika Boltenkova, a Master’s student of the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, won the GSEA Russia competition of young entrepreneurs with her AI solution. The winning project, GOSTer, is an application that automates the formatting of documents according to Russian state standards – and will now receive implementation and promotion support from partners on the Russian and international market. Among the finalists in the Robotics and AI category was also a project by Artem Meinov, a PhD student at ITMO's Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems.

  02.03.2026

• Boost Your Skills and Get Into a Master’s Program With Roboschool by Sberbank and ITMO

  ITMO and Sberbank have launched a robotics school for Bachelor’s students from all over Russia. Here, top representatives of each partner will hold lectures and workshops in robotics and AI, control and navigation systems, electrical engineering, and digital production. Winners of the school will pass the selection to the It’s Your Call! educational forum and get the opportunity to enroll at ITMO without exams. The Roboschool will be held online, applications are due February 18.

  04.02.2026

• ITMO Team Wins RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025

  The team of ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab became the winner of the international RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025. Their robotic saxophonist Fantastic Robby Brown was named best in the creative category RCJ OnStage Secondary. This year’s contest took place in Abu Dhabi and drew over 700 participants from 20 countries.

  17.11.2025