Central R&D Institute for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics - is one of the largest research centers of Russia. It was established in 1968 as the Special Designing Bureau of Technical Cybernetics on the base of Leningrad Polytechnical Institute (now St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University).
The Center activity is concentrated in the field of research, development and creation of the technical means of robotics and technical cybernetics for space, air, terrestrial and sea applications.