The largest annual competition in the south of Russia «Donskaya Sborka» has ended. It was held in a part-time format using distance technologies at the Don State Technical University.

Inventors from Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Tula, Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Armavir, Bratsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg took part in the competition.

— It is gratifying that the «Donskaya Sborka» took place, albeit remotely due to the difficult epidemiological situation. With the support of the Government of the Rostov Region and the Ministry of Economic Development of the region, for the fifth year, the competition has been gathering participants, which helps to build a system of acceleration of inventors into the real sector of the economy. The inventors participating in the competition not only improve their knowledge and skills, but also gain a competitive advantage in the market, — said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the region, Maxim Papushenko. — It’s nice to see that the competition is expanding its geography, contestants from different cities of Russia are participating. This shows the level of high confidence in the competition in the country.

The topic of this year’s competition is smart agriculture, digital transformation of agro-industrial and industrial complexes. To the already traditional nominations for the competition «Agrotechnology of the Year», «Invention of the Year», «Student Development», «Young Inventor», a new one was added — «Digital Technologies».

The winner of the Invention of the Year nomination was Anna Lykova, a participant from the Kuban State Medical University (Krasnodar), with the project «Device for automatic dissection of soft tissues of the upper respiratory tract». The project relates to the field of health care and is intended for the implementation of cricoconicotomy — an emergency opening of the larynx in case of obstruction of the airways (for example, when a foreign object gets in).

— The invention will allow minimizing complications after cricoconicotomy, as well as making the safe performance of this procedure available to nurses and paramedical personnel. Our device has no analogues on the market. Previously, there was no automatic method for cutting the trachea, all methods involve the use of a scalpel and the participation of a surgeon’s hands, — commented the winner of the nomination Anna Lykova.

In the nomination «Agrotechnology of the Year» won the project of masters of DSTU Anastasia Kuts and Pavel Dubas «Technology of ecological processing of organic waste into protein flour and zoohumus».

The team led by Yaroslav Taranov won the nomination «Digital Technologies» with the «Printach» project — a digital platform-aggregator of copying services that automates the printing of documents in public places. This service allows you to manage printing from a mobile device and find the nearest print points.

The winner of the nomination «Student development» was the project of the student of DSTU Dmitry Skorikh «Universal sowing device for use in precision farming systems». This device is designed to determine the optimal seeding parameters for small-seeded crops. By the time the competition began, the inventors had already tested the sesame change.

The total prize fund of the 2020 competition was 900,000 rubles. The winners in the nominations «Invention of the Year», «Agrotechnology of the Year», «Student Development» and «Digital Technologies» got access to the facilities of the industrial coworking space «Garazh» of DSTU and money certificates for finalizing their project to the stage of an industrial prototype.

— «Sberbank» has been the general partner of the «Donskaya Sborka» for four years now, supporting talented inventors and innovators who will present their projects at the competition. We believe that it is important to help such competitions, to give inventors the opportunity to commercialize their inventions, — commented Ruslan Salimov, manager of the Rostov branch of «Sberbank».

The advisor to the governor Anton Alekseev noted the quality training of the participants in the competition: «Having looked at the presented inventions, I come to the conclusion that «Donskaya Sborka» keeps its traditions and multiplies the results obtained over the past years of the competition. Participants create new high-class inventions, creatively approach problem solving and show results demanded by the real sector. We saw inventions that are already finding their customers, for example, in the agro-industrial complex, in the field of digital transformation and in the industrial complex. By holding the annual «Donskaya Sborka» competition we show that the Rostov Region is a territory of opportunities.»

In the most popular nomination of this year — «Young Inventor» — 19 projects were admitted to defense. The winner of the nomination was the project of the student of TTC Robo. Grade Nikita Arkhipov «Device for remote monitoring of electricity metering devices», aimed at simplifying the transmission of data from the electricity meter over the Internet.

The winners of the «Young Inventor» nomination received valuable prizes: tablets, smartphones, smart watches.

The competition of inventors and innovators «Donskaya sborka» is organized Don State Technical University with the support of the government of the Rostov region and the innovation agency of the Rostov region. General partner — South-West Bank of Sberbank of Russia.

— This year «Donskaya sborka» is special. In addition to being an anniversary contest, it is also very large-scale. More than 80 inventors from different regions of Russia took part in it, — said the rector of DSTU Besarion Meskhi. — It is very important to hold such events in order to show the technological and technical development of the inventors of our country, to stimulate them to solve the problems urgent for the domestic economy.