The article is a scientific-historical study focused on the issue of mutual influence and enrichment between psychology and technology, using the development of robotics as an example of the evolution of basic engineering-psychological concepts of a key figure in domestic robotics, scientist and organizer of the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics (St. Petersburg), Dr. of Technical Sciences Evgeny Ivanovich Yurevich. The article presents facts from his biography and provides an analysis of his creative and organizational activities, which demonstrate the close interdisciplinary connection between psychology and the practice of engineering design of complex robotic systems. The role of classical engineering psychology in Yurevich’s views as a methodological foundation for the creation of remotely controlled and mobile robots is highlighted. The evolution of Yurevich’s engineering-psychological concepts in prospective projects aimed at creating robots with artificial intelligence and intelligent behavior is analyzed. The scientist’s ideas in the field of conceptual design of intelligent robotics are examined. Promising directions for the development of robotics psychology and engineering psychology in connection with new approaches and solutions in the creation of complex technical systems are outlined.
A. Zhuravlev (Wed,) studied this question.