The Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov visited science and technology park "Idea"
6 June 2015, Saturday
For acquaintance with opportunities of the center of a robotics created in the Republic of Tatarstan on June 6, 2015 the Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov visited science and technology park "Idea". During visit the robot of 3 generation like "geksapod" was shown to the minister. It's developers are subjects of small and average business of the Republic of Tatarstan. It is planned that during activity of the center of a robotics domestic robotic complexes of the third generation will be developed for all areas of a metal processing.
Also the minister met professor, the director of the center of genomic researches RIKEN Yoshikhide Hayashizaki (Japan). During a meeting the concept of the Center of genomic development for the small innovative enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan developed with participation of the RIKEN research institute was discussed. Use of advanced technology of CAGE which will allow to conduct genomic researches at absolutely new level will become feature of the Center. The analog of the similar center already exists at the RIKEN research institute.
As part of the program, the Minister visited the Arsky Industrial Park, where he got acquainted with the current activities and long-term plans of the residents. During the inspection of the production facilities, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a substantive discussion with the heads of enterprises on capacity expansion and improving the efficiency of using the existing infrastructure.
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