INRTU Offers Innovative Technologies for the Application of AI in Mechanical Engineering, Low-Tonnage Chemistry and Drone Production

INRTU discussed the activities of the Baikal Center of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies (Baikal AI Center).

INRTU recently held a strategic session to present advancements in the field of machine vision, digital twins, aircraft engineering, and industrial equipment diagnostics. The event was led by Ruslan Sitnikov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Angara Region, and the Rector Mikhail Korniakov. The purpose of the session was to discuss the implementation of the federal program "Priority 2030". Attendees included representatives fr om various government ministries and organizations such as the Ministry of Economic Development and Industry, the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, Interregional Scientific and Educational Center "Baikal" and Startup Studio of INRTU. The SBER team, led by the manager of the Irkutsk branch of Sberbank Yulia Kalvina, joined the strategic session remotely.

Yuri Basirov, Head of the Baikal AI Center, outlined the key objectives of the Center. He noted that the Center was established in 2024 on the basis of INRTU together with the Irkutsk Region Government and SBER. Currently, the Center is developing 21 engineering projects, four of them are advanced. There are plans to promote areas in sociology, ecology and management.

In addition, he outlined the stages of projects. The model includes analyzing the business processes of projects, forming a team, and selecting a suitable neural network. It also involves collecting, analyzing and marking up data, testing the model and packaging it into a final product.

The first two initiatives of the university were presented by Dmitriy Aleynikov and Alexandr Pashkov, Associate Professors of the Department of Engineering Production Technology and Equipment.

Dmitriy Aleynikov spoke about a project on the use of AI in diagnostics of industrial equipment. The essence of the idea is to create an autonomous system of effective wireless vibration monitoring at the objects of industrial partners. These may be fans, gearboxes, centrifugal pumps used at oil and gas, metallurgy and machine-building enterprises. The basis of diagnostics is the analysis of vibration data of equipment using AI algorithms.

He added that INRTU has already developed devices to monitor vibration parameters. It is necessary to prepare an expert system for determining the current technical condition and predicting the remaining life of the equipment.

Associate Professor Alexandr Pashkov made a presentation about of the project, noting that according to the Comprehensive Development Program of the aviation industry, more than 1000 aircraft are planned to be produced in the Russian Federation by 2030. INRTU employees have competencies in the development of technologies and equipment for wing skin forming-hardening.

Alexandr Govorin, head of a research laboratory at INRTU, discussed the production of high-frequency electronic gases for microchips, polymer and polyurethane materials. Meanwhile, Vladimir Mironenko presented INRTU's developments in machine vision, showcasing their software's capabilities to measure parts, identify deformations and stresses, and assess production process stability.

Ruslan Sitnikov has highlighted the need for a network schedule of projects and recommended INRTU to collaborate with SBER to make joint presentations. He has also expressed his willingness to support Vladimir Mironenko in finding partners for the development of robotic machine vision systems, computer vision programs for UAVs, and machine vision software systems for production preparation.

As summarized by Yuri Basirov, the Baikal AI Center will focus on two key tasks for the coming year. First, it is planned to create a Data Center wh ere INRTU scientists could perform thematic calculations. The Center also plans to unite undergraduate and graduate students interested in AI, train them to work with AI technologies and give them an opportunity to prove themselves in real projects in the interests of customers.