Igor Singizin, a graduate student in the Department of Electrotechnical Complexes of the Faculty of Mechatronics and Automation of NSTU NETI, plans to implement a development for which he received a grant from a Student Startup — a vending printing machine with a PrinterCell storage system.
"This is an idea that has personal experience behind it. I wanted to focus on solving a specific problem — I encountered it myself as a student. The fact is that even in the printing point closest to the university, there may be a queue, especially during the season of delivery of various works (RGR, WRC and others). In addition, printing points often provide other services, which can increase the waiting time in the line. As a consumer who urgently needs to print something and run to classes, it is inconvenient for me. I often found myself in such queues, so I thought about how to simplify the moment associated with this service. The idea was to create a device where it would be possible to store printed documents so that a person would come and immediately pick up the finished one. The vending machine consists of several modules: a conventional printer, a portal system responsible for moving papers, a storage system with trays where printed items are stored, and an output module," said Igor Singizin, the project developer.
According to him, the vending market in Russia is quite developed, but the project has advantages that will allow it to occupy its niche. The device assumes much cells in which the already printed works will lie. A person enters his/her password and a tray with his/her order leaves for delivery. For example, a student can finish a laboratory work late in the evening, send it to print, and come to the university at eight in the morning and pick it up. This is convenient and saves time.
The development application was examined at the Technology Transfer Center in the startup center, and this year, the development won a grant of one million rubles. In the near future, we plan to start implementing the idea and create a working prototype of the device.