Cognitive Pilot Cognitive Robotics
Since 2017
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
Top managers:
Emelyanov Anton Andreevich
Owners:
Cognitive Technologies - 70%
Sberbank - 30%
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Cognitive Pilot (Cognitive Robotics LLC) is a Russian company engaged in the development and implementation software of digital economy projects in the field of,, and transport agriculture. computer vision artificial intelligence Developer of artificial intelligence equipment and systems for. unmanned vehicles The Company operates in, Russia CIS countries,,,,,,,,, and To the Baltics. Netherlands Germany France USA Enters the China South Korea Singapore Brazil ecosystem. Sberbank
History
2024
Second place in the ranking of the world's largest manufacturers of autopilots for tractors
On August 20, 2024, Market Research Intellect, a marketing and analytical agency, published a rating of the world's largest manufacturers of autopilot systems for tractors. In second place in this list was the Russian Cognitive Pilot.
The authors of the study estimate the volume of the market under consideration at $38.57 billion with dynamics at 11.5%. Analysts believe that in the period from 2023 to 2031, growth rates will increase, which is associated with several factors. One of them is technological advances that "revolutionized the market for automatic steering systems for tractors." Other drivers of the industry are the increase in the efficiency of farmers, the growing consumer demand for smart solutions, agricultural investments in infrastructure, as well as the entry of developer companies into the markets of emerging economies.
It is noted that Cognitive Pilot became the only Russian developer of autopilot systems for tractors that was included in the Market Research Intellect rating. Other significant players in the industry include John Deere, Case IH, eSurvey GNSS, FieldBee, Comnav Technology, XAG, Qianxun Spatial Intelligence Inc., FJDynamic, UniStrong Science and Technology, SunNav Technology, CHC Navigation, Tersus GNULTBLE and TRIARL.
Olga Uskova, CEO of Cognitive Pilot, notes that the autopilot market for tractors is a dynamically developing segment. The attention of the world's leading analysts to it speaks of its significance, high economic indicators and a large contribution to the total volume of the global technological agro-market.
 | This is the strategic direction on which many issues of economic sustainability, food security, as well as the overall efficiency of agricultural facilities, personnel shortages, etc. depend today. It is very important that our country occupies a leading position in it, - said Uskova.[1] |  |
Getting into the rating of the world's largest manufacturers of autopilots for agricultural machinery
The Russian company Cognitive Pilot has entered the list of the world's leading manufacturers of autopilot systems for agricultural machinery. This rating was published in July 2024 by the American and international marketing agency Verified Market Reports as part of the annual report on the state of the global market for autonomous control systems for agricultural equipment.
Cognitive Pilot became the only representative of Russia among 14 companies included in the list of industry leaders. Experts call the main advantage of the Russian developer the creation of the world's first industrial control system based on computer vision, capable of functioning without using a GPS signal. This ensures the stability of the autopilot in conditions of adverse weather events, solar activity and other factors that negatively affect satellite navigation.
Olga Uskova, CEO of Cognitive Pilot, noted that independence from GPS technologies has become a key factor in determining the company's success in the international market.
| | Cognitive Agro Pilot is not only the world's first industrial computer vision-based control system, but also a solution capable of operating in the absence of a GPS signal. These are the most important competitive advantages that are confirmed today by the practice of using autopilots around the world, - said the head of the company at the end of July 2024. | |
In addition to achievements in the field of autonomous management of agricultural machinery, Cognitive Pilot also presented in 2024 a pre-industrial model of a fully autonomous cab-free mini-tractor controlled by artificial intelligence. This development, according to Uskova, has no analogues in the world and is designed to "radically change the concept of using agricultural machinery," ensuring a new level of quality and efficiency of agricultural work.[2]
2023: Sales start in China and South Africa
The Russian developer of autopilots for tractors and combines Cognitive Pilot is expanding the global geography of its sales, despite foreign policy factors. This was told by the general director of the company Olga Uskova in early June 2023.
| | So far, nothing has changed. When I asked my comrades from former friendly countries why everything continues with us, I was told that there are no analogues to our products. We now also have a serious presence and a large number of contracts in Brazil and Argentina. Latin America is a zone of our interests, we also began working in South Africa and China, she told Interfax. | |
According to Uskova, by June 2023, due to the foreign policy situation, Cognitive Pilot, despite the presence of contracts, stopped investing in projects in the United States - "since we do not understand how events will develop further."
| | Agreements made earlier continue to work. But it's hard for me to say how long this will last... They tell us in our face that we have a toxic origin, but because of our technologies they continue to cooperate, "added the CEO of Cognitive Pilot. | |
The price Cognitive is asking for its products gives it the opportunity to compete with American developments, the cost of which is often twice as high, said Smart Farming Club Chairman Bjerne Drexler.
According to MarketsandMarkets Research for 2022, the global market for unmanned tractors has about 44.8 thousand units. By 2025, the fleet of such equipment will grow to 61 thousand units of equipment with growth dynamics of about 25%. The volume of the unmanned tractor market was $2.6 billion in 2021 and will reach $11.6 billion by 2030 with a dynamics of 20.9%, analysts at Allied Market Research expect.[3]
2022
Agreement with Kazakh supplier BHK Agro AG to supply 100 sets of Cognitive Agro Pilot per year
The international developer of systems AI for robotic agricultural machinery, Cognitive Pilot, has signed an agreement with the official distributor agricultural CNH Industrial equipment, the distributor of brands Case IH and New Holland in the republic - Kazakhstan the company. Thus, BHK Agro AG Cognitive Pilot is expanding its cooperation with Kazakh suppliers of agricultural machinery. Cognitive Pilot announced this on November 23, 2022. More. here
Obtaining the conclusion of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia on the confirmation of production in the Russian Federation
A certified supplier of autopilots for agricultural machinery has appeared in Russia. Cognitive Pilot, a Russian developer of artificial intelligence (AI) systems for autonomous control of ground transport, on November 2, 2022 announced that it had received an opinion from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia confirming production in the Russian Federation and including its products in the register of Russian electronic products. Thus, the company has become a certified supplier of AI-based autopilots in the smart agricultural machinery market.
Cognitive Pilot has been developing a system for autopilot of agricultural machinery based on artificial intelligence Cognitive Agro Pilot for several years. In 2019, its industrial version was presented, corresponding to the 3rd level of autonomous transport according to the international classification SAE International.
| | We have received an important result to ensure the technological sovereignty and food security of our country. We have a solution that has proven itself perfectly in industrial work in Russian agricultural farms, which is designed to replace foreign products in this area. The Cognitive Pilot system for November 2022 has already been installed on more than 1000 combines in 30 regions of the country, "said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. | |
| | Unlike "blind" foreign systems using satellite navigation, the Russian Cognitive Agro Pilot system has serious advantages. It allows technology, as a person, to see and understand the situations taking place on the field and make the necessary decisions. This allows smart technology to avoid incidents with collisions with obstacles, trips outside the field, etc., characteristic of navigation solutions. AI-based management systems are a different level of efficiency and quality of work, "commented Natalya Filippova, General Director of the InterAgroTech Association. | |
| | Our system of autonomous management of agricultural machinery based on Cognitive Agro Pilot AI received an opinion from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia on confirmation of production in the Russian Federation and is included in the register of Russian electronic products. A lot of work was carried out together with the Department of the Radio-Electronic Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the InterAgroTech Association, as well as the United Russia party project "Choose Our Own." The documents are actually a legal registration of the complete replacement of foreign manufacturers of autopilot systems on the market with a Russian analogue of the latest generation and higher quality, a real example of the work of the import substitution program in Russia, - commented Olga Uskova, General Director of Cognitive Pilot. | |
2021
Opening a company in the United States
In early August 2021, it became known about the creation of Cognitive Pilot Corp. - the American "daughter" Cognitive Pilot. A new legal entity registered in Texas will promote autopilots for combines and tractors in the United States. Read more here.
Entry into the Kazakhstan market
The developer of artificial intelligence systems and technologies for autonomous transport management Cognitive Pilot (a subsidiary of the Cognitive Technologies group and Sberbank) on May 17, 2021 announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement with the Kazakh company TechAgro-Atbasar. Under the terms of the signed agreement, TechAgro-Atbasar LLP becomes the official dealer of Cognitive Pilot in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and will be engaged in the promotion, implementation and service of the Cognitive Agro Pilot autonomous agricultural machinery management system. The first deliveries of the system will begin in June 2021.
| | Kazakhstan is one of the major producers of grain crops, as well as one of the players in the introduction of digital solutions in the agro-industrial complex. The industrial introduction of the Cognitive Agro Pilot artificial intelligence system will allow agricultural producers of Kazakhstan to increase the efficiency of using their equipment by 15-20% and reduce direct crop losses by 8-13%, the expert notes. | |
| | It is quite difficult to keep up with all digital innovations in production, so it is extremely important to develop this kind of interstate communications. Thanks to close cooperation with Cognitive Pilot specialists, we will be able to take another big step to increase the availability of technologies in the agro-industrial sector of Kazakhstan. We hope that the agrarians will appreciate the decision, and it will significantly improve and simplify the upcoming harvesting campaign for them, "comments Sarkis Folyan, General Director of TechAgro-Atbasar LLP. | |
Freeze Autopilot Project
The development of autopilots for vehicles is no longer a priority for Cognitive Pilot (a joint venture between Sberbank and Cognitive Technologies, created in 2019). This was reported to Vedomosti on February 9, 2021.
| | As of February 2021, legislative issues have not been fully resolved in any country in the world. There are only separate documents that allow testing or the movement of drones in limited areas. Industry experts expect these issues to be resolved within up to 10-15 years, - explains the interlocutor of Vedomosti. | |
The priority areas of Cognitive Pilot are unmanned agricultural equipment control systems, smart active safety systems for rail transport and radars for unmanned vehicles, Olga Uskova, co-founder and CEO of the company, told Vedomosti in January 2021.
| | In most countries of the world, regulation for commercial launches is only being developed. In the future, unmanned vehicles will be introduced primarily in those regions where a full-fledged regulatory base will already be created for this, - says his representative. | |
The regulator in the field of unmanned vehicles has not yet been developed almost anywhere in the world, which affects the growth rate of this market, Anna Belova, deputy chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema, told Vedomosti earlier.
| | System worth about 800,000 rubles. at a price comparable to an inexpensive foreign car. | |
True, neither Cognitive Pilot nor Yandex are going to get rid of projects related to unmanned vehicles. Research and development in this area continues, assures the representative of Cognitive. Yandex unmanned vehicles are being tested in Russia, Israel and the United States - each of the test zones adds scenarios for training, which helps prepare it for further implementation in different parts of the world, says a representative of[4] Sberbank[5] to[6].
Opening of representative offices in the regions of the Russian Federation for the sale of unmanned agricultural equipment there
On January 28, 2021, Cognitive Pilot announced the start of opening representative offices in the regions of Russia for the sale of unmanned agricultural machinery there and further service of products.
As TAdviser was specified in Cognitive Pilot, in three months the company opened offices in five federal districts: in Central (Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod), South (Rostov, Krasnodar, Volgograd), Volga (Ufa , Samara), Ural (Tyumen), Siberian (Barnaul , Tomsk, Omsk), North Caucasus (Stavropol).
| | The results of using systems based on artificial intelligence prove their advantage over traditional technologies and approaches, "says Anatoly Popov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank (co-owner of Cognitive Pilot), whose words are quoted in a press release. - The dynamics of the implementation of the Cognitive Agro Pilot smart combine management system developed with the participation of Sberbank in Russia speaks of the high demand for these solutions, their effectiveness and quality. Therefore, one of the important tasks for the near future is the formation of an infrastructure to support this innovative product in the regions. | |
According to Cognitive Pilot on January 28, 2021, last season of harvesting more than 350 combines in various regions of Russia (Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kursk, Belgorod, Tambov, Penza, Rostov, Orenburg, Tomsk, Kurgan regions, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Territories, etc.) with the help of Cognitive Agro Pilot processed over 160 thousand hectares of area and harvested more than 720 thousand tons of crops. The system is also implemented in the USA, Brazil and China.
In 2021, it is planned to scale the project in Russia. The company also intends to provide offline coverage of all regions by expanding the geography of its own offices and supporting partner networks. Cognitive Pilot expects to complete the formation of a network of regional representative offices by the end of 2021.
2020: Cognitive entered the top 50 global agrotech developers
In September 2020, Cognitive Pilot (a joint venture between Cognitive Technologies and Sberbank) was included in the list of the world's best agricultural developers, which is led by an analytical company in the field of research on technological innovations in various areas of the Tech Breakthrough economy.
Experts studied the experience of introducing innovations of more than 1,750 companies in the field of agricultural and food technologies from 15 countries of the world, including the areas of the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, farm management, food quality, data analysis, etc.
The list of more than 50 companies consists mainly of American players. The only representative from Russia was Cognitive Pilot, which was noted in the direction of "Innovation of the Year in the Field of Harvesting."
| | Using revolutionary self-driving technology, Cognitive Pilot has given agriculture a simple, cost-effective solution that helps improve efficiency and reduce costs, comments AgTech Breakthrough Awards Managing Director Brian Vaughn on the study. - We are proud that the experts chose the Cognitive Agro Pilot system as "Harvest Innovation of the Year" for the innovative use of artificial intelligence to get farmers high results. | |
The Cognitive Agro Pilot system, which Tech Breakthrough analysts noted, they said increases the efficiency of combine harvesters by up to 25%, as well as reduces fuel costs and prevents possible accidents on the field. It is noted that the development does not require the use of satellite navigation - a complete analysis of the external environment is provided using one video camera and a powerful on-board computer for calculating data.
2019: Sberbank to take 30% stake in Cognitive Pilot
On November 28, 2019, Sberbank told TAdviser that it is joining forces with Cognitive Technologies to develop unmanned technologies and create Cognitive Pilot. Cognitive Pilot products and solutions will be used to develop digital economy projects in transport, agriculture, computer vision and artificial intelligence.
The parties signed legally binding documents, the closure of the transaction will take place in December 2019. Sberbank will receive 30% of the company's shares, and 70% of the shares will be owned by the founders and management of Cognitive Technologies. Olga Uskova, founder of Cognitive Technologies, will head the company.
Cognitive Pilot will work to develop advanced driver assistance systems car (ADAS, Advanced Driver Assistance System) based on artificial intelligence technologies and autonomous control systems for ground vehicles and industrial devices.
| | The world is on the verge of mass use of unmanned solutions, and we are interested in ensuring that both Sberbank Group and our entire country are at the forefront of this trend. Cognitive Technologies already has products for the transport, agriculture and automotive industries, which are in demand among both domestic and foreign customers. In 2019, Sberbank became the center of competence for the development of artificial intelligence in Russia, and we are confident that expertise in the field of technologies for drones will be in demand and will serve as an accelerated development of this competence in the country, said Lev Khasis, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank
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| | Reducing the number of victims on transport is one of the challenges of the new century. Saving human lives is what drives our team, and the level of our technology makes it possible to solve this problem. The partnership with Sberbank will increase the scale of expansion and the dynamics of the use of our systems, commented Olga Uskova, CEO Cognitive Pilot
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Cognitive Technologies is implementing projects to create autonomous control systems for agricultural machinery, railway locomotives, trams and develop components for self-driving cars. The clients of Cognitive Technologies are: Hyundai Mobis, Russian Railways, Rusagro Group, Transport Systems PC, the largest international vehicle manufacturers.
2017: Spin-off of Cognitive Pilot and investor search
In March 2017, the president of Cognitive Technologies Olga Uskova informed TAdviser about the allocation of the Cognitive Pilot (C-Pilot) project to an independent company in order to attract investments.
"We put up for sale 15-20% of the Cognitive Pilot," Uskova said.
Uskova did not disclose the cost of the package and the list of investors with whom negotiations are underway. Resource rbth.com notes that the goal of attracting investment is to speed up the process of entering global markets in order to keep up with competitors.
The main advantage of the developed C-Pilot solution, according to Uskova, is more advanced artificial intelligence compared to competitors, allowing the autonomous driving system to work well even in bad weather, as well as on roads without signs and with damaged road surfaces.
2016: C-Pilot System Starts Sales
In the summer of 2016, Cognitive Technologies announced the start of sales of the C-Pilot autonomous driving system. Commercialization of C-Pilot is assumed in two formats: the integration of technology into the systems of various automakers (OEM) and mass sales of the software and hardware complex.
As of 2016, Cognitive Technologies has completed the development of a driver warning system that helps monitor the situation on the road, warns of danger and monitors "blind spots." Testing of the system was carried out on a Nissan X-Trail car.
In addition to the software part, C-Pilot includes a complex of sensors: optical cameras, microwave radar, leddars and other sensors, wrote CNews. Together they are responsible for the comprehensive tracking of objects of the road scene in various spectrum ranges. The C-Pilot is also equipped with a high-precision positioning sensor GLONASS based on/and GPS an electronic gyroscope. The information is processed by a compact on-board computer.
The total investment in the project for three years should be about 750 million rubles.
Cognitive planned to develop the C-Pilot in three stages. At the first (until 2017), the company was going to complete the creation of functionality that allows you to warn the driver about situations on the road that require increased attention: warning of leaving the lane, recognizing road signs, warning about a possible collision, monitoring "blind spots," warning about hitting a pedestrian, etc.
At the second stage (2018), it was planned to implement a system of active driver assistance, involving interference with the car's systems (automatic steering, automatic braking, maintaining a safe distance to the car in front, etc., within the lane), with direct control of the traffic situation from the driver.
In the third stage (2019-2022), developers would like to refine technological components to ensure the possibility of autonomous movement in certain modes (for example, in traffic jams, on highways). The final stage in the development of the project should be to ensure the possibility of fully autonomous movement[7].
Notes
- ↑ Cognitive Pilot in the TOP-5 of the world ranking
- ↑ Cognitive Pilot entered the TOP global autopilot systems market
- ↑ Sberbank and Cognitive Technologies JV entered South African and Chinese markets
- ↑ [https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2021/02/09/857334-cognitive-pilot the
- ↑ joint venture froze a project
- ↑ create unmanned vehicles]
- ↑ Russians began selling their own car autopilot
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