From 18 to 21 May, 2021, the Union “Autoprom North-West” held an international educational competition Automotive Innovation Camp (AIC) within the framework of the project Race4Scale (South-East Finland - Russia 2014-2020 CBC Programme).
More than 66 people from 4 regions of Russia took part in the AIC events. 3 teams of young industry experts were from St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue College, Academy of Transport Technologies), 1 team from the Leningrad region (Kudrovo Techopark School), 1 team from Ryazan (Ryazan Institute (branch) of the Moscow Polytechnic University), 2 teams from the Pskov region (Pskov engineering and linguistic gymnasium and Palkinskaya secondary school).
Among the participants 41 are under 24 years old, 18 are over 45 years old.
The AIC program was actively supported by industry representatives, educational and technological partners of the Union “Autoprom North-West” - St. Petersburg Cluster Development Centre (“Saint Petersburg Technopark” JSC), the autonomous non-commercial organization Industry Development Centre of Leningrad Region, “Metalloproduktsia” LLC, “MGBot” LLC, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk, Finland) and Kouvola region vocational college (KSAO, Finland)
During the 4-day work of AIC, a round-table was conducted with representatives of business and educational organizations “Science, education, sport: new opportunities for career guidance and development of children's technical creativity”, the start of the International Competition for young specialists in the automotive industry “AutoEvolution-2021” (in a hybrid format in 2022) was announced, business-cases are presented, workshops were held from business-case holders, there was a live broadcast from the II International Transport Festival “SPbTransportFest-2021”, solutions for the following business-cases were presented and protected:
- Automotive expertise of road traffic accident;
- Mobile App “Driver’s Assistant”;
- Intelligent transport systems on the "Scandinavia" road section;
- Movement of an unmanned vehicle using the example of the "Dynamics M1" (educational set);
- Maintenance optimization and vehicle fleet management platform using IoT;
- From the first Russian cars and motor vehicles to the present day (to the 125th anniversary of the first Russian production car).
The 1st degree diploma in the “Road safety” nomination was awarded to the team from Pskov engineering and linguistic gymnasium and Palkinskaya secondary school (joint team), the 2nd degree diploma in this nomination was awarded to the team from the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue College.
The 1st degree diploma in the “Innovative transport systems” nomination was shared by two teams from St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU) and Academy of Transport Technologies, the 2nd degree diploma in this nomination was awarded to the team from the Kudrovo Techopark School.
In the nomination “Man and car: innovative modes of transport and infrastructure” the first place was taken by the team from the Ryazan Institute (branch) of the Moscow Polytechnic University, the second place belongs to the SPbGASU team.
The first place for solving the business case “Mobile App “Driver’s Assistant” belongs to the team from St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue College.
Photo: the team of the Academy of Transport Technologies assembles an unmanned vehicle
on the "Dynamics M1" educational set provided by MGBot
