Robo army: Russian MoD sets its 1st-ever robotization conference for 2016

30 Dec, 2015 16:02

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced their first scientific conference on robotization, which will be held outside Moscow in February, 2016.

The conference, dubbed “Robotization of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”, is set to gather a whole host of senior representatives from the military and security agencies, as well as delegates from the Russian Academy of Sciences and military plant engineers.

An exhibition on the sidelines of the conference will also boast advanced development robotics.

The conference will take place at Patriot Park in Kubinka, Moscow Region, in February of next year.

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