Head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Robotic Systems (LIRS) of the Institute of Information Technology and Intelligent Systems (ITIS) of Kazan Federal University (KFU), Professor Evgeni Magid took part in the China-Russia International Academic Exchange Conference on Robotic Systems and Artificial Intelligence, which took place from 21 to April 22, 2022.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Southwest University of Science and Technology, to strengthen the cooperation between China and Russia in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, and discuss the supporting significance and key issues of artificial intelligence and robot technology in the field of mechatronics, experts from eight universities were invited to make scientific presentations, including Kazan Federal University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Kazan National Research Technical University, Financial University under the Government of Russia Federation, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology in China, and will respectively give keynote speeches on hot issues such as robot structure design, robot positioning and navigation, artificial intelligence and others.

The head of LIRS gave a talk on topic:

«Urban Search and Rescue Robotics for Earthquake, Flood and Land Slide Disasters».

The talk describes typical Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) scenarios and challenges that arise from such scenarios. Professor Evgeni Magid demonstrated localization and mapping methods, as well as practical applications with real robots, which are currently being developed at Kazan Federal University as part of an international project that is run by LIRS together with leading robotics researchers of Japan, Russia and Thailand. The project is supported by RFBR.