On 12 July 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov made a report entitled “Unmanned Transport Vehicles as a Part of ‘Industry 4.0’” at the meeting of the Coordination Council for Industrial Sector under the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade dedicated to “Industrial Internet Development in Russia”. The meeting was chaired by Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
When presenting the report, Albert Karimov noted that “Industry 4.0” is a transition to Smart Factories and transformation of industrial elements into active Internet users.