On June 26 in Minsk, EEF 2025 hosted a roundtable titled "Application of Robotic Systems as a Driver for Competitiveness of Industrial Enterprises of the EAEU Member States". The discussion focused on the introduction of industrial robots and robotic systems across the Eurasian Economic Union member countries, aimed at automating industrial and business processes. The event featured Gohar Barseghyan, the EEC minister for industry and the agro-industrial complex.
"Leading countries around the world are currently developing and implementing national strategies to introduce industrial and service robots and robotic systems across various sectors of the economy", Barseghyan said. "Automation and robotization are particularly pressing issues in industry and the agro-industrial complex, which experience a significant need for skilled professionals."
It is well known that leading countries in the world have a robot density exceeding 100—and in some cases even 1000—industrial robots per 10,000 workers. Businesses and government agencies from the EAEU member states have spearheaded an EAEU technological platform for robotics and an intergovernmental industrial robotics program.
The goal is to achieve large-scale deployment of efficient industrial robots and robotic systems within the next five years.
To achieve this, efficient collaboration among industry associations, research centers, and industrial companies in the Eurasian Five is seen as essential, along with advancing the implementation of well-defined investment projects in robotics.
"Given the relevance of the topic, the Commission, within the framework of the existing financial mechanism, is prepared to support well-defined projects focused on the mass production of industrial and service robots, as well as the associated modernization of industrial companies", Barseghyan said. "We are already working to identify the right cooperative projects", she concluded.
