“Sleeve” of the future: South Ural schoolboy creates an unmanned ladder

Teletrap, sleeve or even trunk - the design that most want to see passengers before boarding the plane. Vladimir Bulaev today, too, can not take his eyes off him. But his interest is purely professional. The tenth grader intends to develop the best version of the ladder - an unmanned analogue. “It was important for me to see how the ladder worked, how it docked with the plane, how many staff served it. I found out everything, I was given documentation, says Vladimir Bulaev, a student of the 10th grade of school No. 9 (Miass). Vladimir has been engaged in robotics for many years. Last year, he switched to creating devices that facilitate production. In 2024, at the Olympiad in Moscow State University, he took 3rd place. This time, the result intends to improve by introducing artificial intelligence into the project. “Working with neural networks last year was not yet available to him, this year he studied this topic and now wants to align a mobile teletrap with the help of a neural network in order to make docking automatic,” says Larisa Solovyova, research director of Vladimir Bulaev. Unmanned “sleeve”, according to the tenth grader, will not only facilitate docking, but also optimize processes, and possibly force to revise the personnel schedule of any airport. It is possible that the drivers of the highways designed by Vladimir will become, for example, their operators. “Human resources will be used less. Simply, one person will be able to fit several ladders to the aircraft at once, without spending too much time on it, said Fyodor Martynov, a specialist of the ground service of aircraft. In the meantime, the young designer of the "sleeves of the future" remains to finish the project and present it at the All-Russian Olympiad. If all goes well, Vladimir will offer his developments to industrialists. And, perhaps, in the future, the South Urals before landing with a fading heart will be waiting for his unmanned ladder.

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