Student Design Bureau “EvoTech”: Developing Engineering Competencies through Robotics

In 2025, Vladivostok State University established its innovative unit—the Student Design Bureau “EvoTech.” This structure aims to integrate students, postgraduates, and university faculty with industry by enabling participants to implement relevant projects that meet the needs of industrial partners. The key focus is on designing and manufacturing robotic devices.

Main Areas of Activity:

• Automation of production processes
• Development of robotic systems
• Technological entrepreneurship

Through close collaboration with industrial organizations such as OOO “ROBOT,” OAO “Spassktsement,” and OOO “Bespilotnye Apparaty,” students gain a unique opportunity to bring their ideas into practice while learning the entire production cycle from design to delivery of finished products to customers.

Project for Creating Humanoid Robots

One of the most interesting initiatives of the bureau is the creation of humanoid robots of the type ADAM. A team of eight students under the guidance of Alexander Ganiushkin, an alumnus of VVSU and expert in robotics, actively works on this project. The process includes several stages:

• Assembly of mechanical parts
• Installation of electronic components
• Soldering and testing connections
• Software configuration

Each participant acquires essential practical skills within their specialization — from mechanical assembly to programming robots using Python. Complete work takes about 40 hours per device, but this effort provides significant benefits for students' professional development.

According to project leader Alexander Ganiushkin, the goal is both to create functional products and to establish a system for transferring practical knowledge between senior students and newcomers, ensuring continuity of skills and expertise.

Opportunities for Participation

To join the project, it’s important to have basic preparation and enthusiasm for learning new technologies. Key requirements include:

• Proficiency in tools and safety techniques
• Ability to read schematic diagrams and blueprints
• Understanding principles of electronics and programming

Participation offers students opportunities for future employment, completing internships, and improving academic performance through active involvement in real-world projects.

Future Prospects and Plans

Bureau leaders emphasize the importance of establishing partnerships with industries to effectively develop scientific research and applied developments among young professionals. Further expansion plans involve organizing events, conferences, and workshops aimed at promoting technical sciences among schoolchildren and youth across the region.

Thus, the student design bureau “EvoTech” becomes an important center for training next-generation engineers who contribute to the development of Russia's Far East industry.