Cognitive Technologies will help to develop "smart" agriculture in the Kurgan region

On April 24, 2019 the Cognitive Technologies company, the developer of artificial intelligence and software in Russia, announced agreement signature with the Government of the Kurgan region. The parties intend to combine efforts on implementation of the innovation, hi-tech projects in the territory of the Kurgan region.

It is supposed that joint projects in smart agriculture will become one of the main directions of implementation of the agreement.

We plan implementation in the territory of the Kurgan region of the systems of artificial intelligence for off-line control by agricultural machinery. The devices created by us – Agrodroids are an artificial brain which allows to make agricultural machinery pilotless. It can be connected practically to any modern combines, tractors, water carts, etc. Andrey Chernogorov, CEO of Cognitive Technologies

Agreement parties note that implementation of joint projects will allow to create conditions for creation additional jobs in strategic directions of modern applied science and the industrial sphere, to carry out research and development, to create infrastructure facilities, such as polygons for testing of UAVs, the industries of autonomous transport and smart agriculture, necessary for development, in the territory of the area.

Among other tasks which are set within implementation of the joint agreement - projects implementation and implementing solutions on automation of purchasing activity using artificial intelligence technologies and a blockchain and also an action for development of personnel capacity of the region.