Since 1990, the Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (RTC), as the pioneer and parent organization of domestic robotics, annually holds the International Science and Technology Conference «Extreme Robotics», which gathers the representatives of leading Russian and foreign research and production organizations in robotics, the consumers and customers of robotic systems.

The Conference always considers a wide range of issues: from conceptual problems of creation to implementation of already existing robotic complexes to use in extreme conditions and emergency situations, including the fight against terrorism, fire fighting, defense tasks, the exploration of outer space and the World Ocean, as well as medicine, nuclear energy and hazardous production facilities.