In 2025, a new strategic object has appeared on Russia's map, designed to ensure sustainable growth and technological transformation of domestic industry. In close cooperation with the Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant and the Russian Robot Plant, and with the support of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, the Industrial Robotics Development Centre of South Ural State University was established in August of 2025. The project is one of the satellite centres in a federal network headquartered at Innopolis University. The Centre has become the first and only point of attraction and generation of competences in industrial automation for hundreds of enterprises in the South Ural region.
The Centre's mission is multifaceted and addresses the most pressing challenges of our time. Its purpose is to integrate industrial robotic systems into real-world production, develop new technological solutions, and train highly qualified personnel for the market of developers and integrators of industrial robotic systems. The Centre's specialization focuses not only on the implementation of domestic robots, including those from RusRobot, but also on substitution of imported industrial robots in key and strategically important industries: machining, forging and pressing, foundries, and paint lines.
The team's scientific and technical developments find practical application: key projects include the creation of specialized gripping devices, development of machine vision systems and intelligent robot control, and design of an educational and research complex.
The Centre's activities are focused on providing full-cycle engineering and scientific-technical services covering all stages of enterprise automation: from technical audits and creation of customized projects and technical specifications to selection, delivery, integration, programming, commissioning, personnel training, and service support. A separate strategic focus is the integration of computer vision into robotic systems, as well as reengineering, development, and manufacture of robotic systems components, including specialized gripping devices.
The SUSU Industrial Robotics Development Centre aims to create an integral ecosystem for technological breakthroughs in domestic industry. Its program focuses on key growth areas:
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Creating a new generation of integrators capable of implementing projects based on domestic solutions.
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Developing a market for comprehensive turnkey services for the implementation of robotic systems.
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Strengthening and developing regional infrastructure to support industrial robotics.
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Creating a cutting-edge platform for demonstrating, testing, and validating domestic technologies for real-world needs of enterprises.
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Training highly qualified engineers, creating a talents pool for the industry.
The Centre is becoming a driver that transforms existing challenges into new opportunities for the accelerated and sustainable robotization of Russian manufacturing.
"We are successfully integrating robotic systems into industrial enterprises, presenting our developments at international forums, and holding competitions and tournaments for student projects in electronics and robotics," notes Artem Sagdakov, Deputy Director of the SUSU Robotics Development Centre. "In 2026, we plan to expand our research and development, implement new technological solutions, and strengthen the integration of robotic systems across enterprises."
A Team that Creates the Future
A technological breakthrough is impossible without people. The SUSU Industrial Robotics Development Centre is actively building a team of like-minded individuals whose talent, knowledge, and bold ideas shape the future of industry. In 2024, SUSU opened the Industrial Faculty of Mechatronics and Robotics, where students are already solving the Centre's problems as part of their studies. Are you attracted to the world of innovations and high technologies? Do you wish to join our team of innovative engineers? Then this position is for you!
We search for: designers, automated control system specialists, and production process technologists!
Essential competencies:
• Higher technical education
• Knowledge of modern CAD systems (Kompas)
• Knowledge of Unified System for Design Documentation (ESKD) and regulatory and technical documents
• Knowledge of key types of production equipment and engineering technologies
• Experience in programming of industrial controllers
• Creative approach to solving engineering problems and attention to details
• Organization, commitment to development, and responsibility
We offer more than just a career. We offer a mission. At the Industrial Robotics Development Centre, every employee has an opportunity to directly contribute to the creation of cutting-edge solutions for industrial automation, working at the intersection of science, education, and the real economy sector.
Join us and become part of a team that is changing the world!
Contact information:
Artem Sagdakov, Deputy Director of the SUSU Robotics Development Centre.
Phone: +7 (912) 302-66-16; e-mail: sagdakovai[at]susu[dot]ru
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