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Research Center for Mechanics and Control Processes
Research Center for Mechanics and Control Processes

Type

Center

Department

Academy of Engineering

Head:

Denis Andrikov

Center Director

Structural unit: Academy of Engineering.

The Center conducts fundamental and applied research in mechanics and control processes for complex technical systems. It also develops software and mathematical systems for the design of information technology systems for various purposes using big data processing methods, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.

RESOURCES

The available computing resources enable a wide range of work to be carried out on optimizing control systems and creating software and mathematical systems based on big data analysis, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

EQUIPMENT FLEET

The Center’s equipment fleet includes a centralized high-performance cluster to develop methods and algorithms for unmanned ground, aerial and autonomous space hardware; to design robotic systems, storing and processing big data; to perform parallel computing and solve various interdisciplinary problems, including computing segments for training neural networks, for graphic computing information and for performing analytical algorithmic calculations to determine solutions:

  • NVIDIA Tesla A100 GPU, PCI-E 4.0, 6912 CUDA cores, 432 Tensor cores, 40GB HBM2 ECC (2 pcs.) CPU AMD EPYC 7642, 48cores, 96 threads 2.3GHz, 3.4GHz Turbo core, cache 256MB, TDP 225W;
  • NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000GPU, 48Gb PCI-E, PCI-E 4.0, 48 GB GDDR6 memory, 384-bit, 4xDisplayPort (2 pcs.) CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6252, 24cores, 48 threads 2.1GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo core, cache 35,75 MB, TDP 150W (2pcs.);
  • AMD EPYC 7742, 64 cores, 128 threads, 2250 GHz, 3.4 GHz Turbo core, 256 MB cache, 225 W TDP.

THE TEAM

Solves a wide range of problems in the development of mathematical methods and neural network algorithms in mechanics and control processes out of concern of research and industrial specialists.

PARTNERS

  • Scientific and Production Association Echelon JSC
  • Kaspersky Lab
  • Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KIAM RAS)
  • Blagonravov Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMASH RAN)
  • V.A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICS RAS)
  • Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of the Moscow Aviation Institute
  • Special Technology Center LLC
  • Astronomical Research Center LLC
  • ScanEx Group of Companies
  • Research and Production Corporation Precision Instrument Systems JSC of the Roscosmos State Corporation
  • Mission Control Center of the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering JSC of the Roscosmos State Corporation
  • Shvabe Holding of the Rostec State Corporation
Main scientific directions
  • Development of neural network technologies for object recognition and computer vision algorithms for the analysis and automation of technological processes (industrial automation, control of ground and space robotics)
  • Development of vehicle control systems (unmanned ground and aerial vehicles, unmanned spacecraft) based on artificial intelligence and machine learning methods
  • Development of expert systems and thematic data interpretation systems based on machine learning methods (processing remote sensing data from satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles)
Achievements All achievements
A computer vision software and mathematical suite based on neural network technologies to recognize objects in photos and videos

Application: industrial process analysis (welding robots, sorting, etc.), processing remote sensing data from satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles, etc. (analogs include MultiVox DICOM Viewer, ABBYY FineReader, ARM Look Inside, Gamma Multivox Web, OPTIMUM SmartLook, Aria, and GEMBAFACE).

Software and mathematical suite to automate technological processes for controlling robots and automated systems

Application: transportation (self-driving cars, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned spacecraft), construction, repair and maintenance of complex industrial facilities (optimization of pumping equipment operating modes, energy consumption optimization, gas welding, etc.) (analogs: Yandex Vision, Caffe, Label Studio, Diffgram, CVAT, Tesseract OCR, Videointellect).

Software and mathematical suite to design orbital structures of spacecraft and conduct dynamic operations in orbit

Application: designing orbits and control systems for interplanetary spacecraft during launch, maneuvering and reentry (analogs: AGI, FreeFlyer).