The Belarus Hi-Tech Park has been tasked with providing the country’s industry with domestically developed software solutions. Belarusian Prime Minister Aliaksandr Turchyn made the statement while speaking at the Innoprom exhibition in Yekaterinburg.
“What are the key areas Belarus is developing today? Digital technologies. Artificial intelligence. Our strategic objective is to eliminate the vulnerability of the national IT industry so that critically important sectors are supplied primarily with domestically developed software. That is why residents of the Hi-Tech Park are creating solutions based on artificial intelligence and computer vision that are already being used in industry, from product lifecycle management to autonomous warehouse logistics.
Take the world-famous BelAZ, one of whose models was among the first to receive the status of a Union State product. The company has introduced a range of innovative digital solutions, including an intelligent monitoring and predictive analytics system. Autonomous mining vehicles based on proprietary software are being tested, and a mechanism for simulating the assembly of dump truck components using virtual reality technology has been implemented. We expect that by 2030 at least 70% of organizations will be using sixth-generation digital technologies,” he said.
The prime minister also outlined other priority areas.
“Robotization. We have set a goal for industry to increase robot density to 100 units per 10,000 employees within five years. Already today, 76 automated systems operating at the BelGee plant have doubled body assembly capacity and increased overall vehicle production. The robotic television production line launched by the Horizont holding company has doubled labor productivity.
In microelectronics, the minimum objective is to provide our industry and the military-industrial complex with domestically produced microelectronic components.
In machine tool manufacturing, annual production of new CNC machine models is planned to fully meet the needs of our enterprises and enter global markets.
Belarusian manufacturers are working to expand the range of engines, electric vehicles, and other in-demand equipment, as well as to localize the production of components and parts for them,” he said.
