Solomon Robert (1936, Riga) — expert in automation systems, lecturer.

In 1961, Robert Solomon graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Latvia, specialising in physics. He worked at the design institute GiproStroymaterialy in Riga. In 1963, he was transferred to the head institute in Moscow, where he worked on designing automation systems for industrial enterprises.

In 1965, he completed a training course on automated control systems for technological processes (ACS TP) at the Moscow Institute of Automation. From 1963 to 1976, he worked at the Central Design and Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Instrumentation and Control Systems in Moscow, creating and testing automation systems for metallurgy. He received two inventor’s certificates and published several articles.

In 1976, he moved to Israel, and from 1977 worked at the National Shipping Company ZIM. He became a leading specialist in shipboard control systems, their modifications, and testing. He introduced more than 30 improvements and developed a preventive maintenance procedure for shipboard control systems, which enhanced reliability and safety at sea.

In 1980, he started teaching at the Institute for the Advanced Training of Marine Engineers in Acre, and from 1996, at the invitation of the Latvian Maritime Academy, he regularly delivered lectures on new shipboard control systems.