The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation announced the active growth of industrial automation

Russia has all the necessary prerequisites to become one of the world leaders in industrial robotics density, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation told Izvestia. However, this path will require systematic efforts and concentration of resources.

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Economists believe that a slowdown in the indicator is inevitable against the background of a high Central Bank rate.

"At the current stage, the domestic industry is demonstrating an active growth in automation — the number of industrial robot implementations, including Russian ones, is steadily growing, not only in traditional sectors such as the automotive industry, but also in metallurgy, the oil and gas industry and precision instrumentation," the ministry's press service said.

The need to robotize the economy is becoming particularly relevant against the background of the increasing shortage of personnel in Russia. Earlier, the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, called the shortage of labor the main economic problem. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova estimated the cumulative shortage of personnel in Russia at 2 million people by 2030.

In 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in his message to the Federal Assembly that by 2030 Russia should become one of the 25 leading countries in the number of industrial robots.