On June 21, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Secretary General of World Robot Olympiad Claus Ditlev took part in an opening ceremony of the Russian round of the World Robot Olympiad at the Tennis Academy in Kazan. The Tespian android robot, which is called the most emotional robot in the world and previously opened the international exhibition in Hanover together with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, was also involved in the ceremony.