In the mid-May Krylov Centre hosted a conference on development of robotic technologies for various applications attended by reps of Russian federal agencies as well as leading defense industries and R&D entities.

The conference participants underscored that the rapid development and wide use of robotics across ground, water and air environments is believed to be another technological revolution with defense implications. The main idea behind robotic technologies is to perform a range of civil and military tasks more efficiently minimizing or avoiding life risks. These jobs include ocean survey and mapping, exploration of sea bed for potential resources, inspection and rescue of submerged assets, intel-gathering at the time of hostilities.

It was highlighted at the conference discussions that the development of high-efficiency robotic systems for a broad spectrum of applications should be underpinned by high-capacity power sources, high-resolution data acquisition sensors, more efficient algorithms, advanced software for on-board computers, and improved control and navigation systems.