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MOMENTUM OF INNOVATION

7.4. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

INDUSTRY 4.0 RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP

Presentation of the RI group
The research platform is an arrangement of higher education and research institutions focusing on basic and applied
research and is aligned to the Industry 4.0 technologies, which is a fundamental pillar of the national industrial devel-
opment goals. The main overarching activities of the platform include the theory and design of resource-efficient, robust
production planning and management systems; robotics; the Industry 4.0 compliant innovation of the new models of
cooperative and adaptive production and logistics networks; research supporting the methods as to the application and
utilisation of such technologies; and the integration of the relevant knowledge into the higher education training pro-
grammes to ensure highly qualified future professionals. Research on technologies beyond production technology (such
as CIT and 5G communications systems) is implemented in the framework of a partner network.

National coordinator of the RI group: Background information
MTA Institute for Computer Science and Control, Research Laboratory on The group is a network of educational and research institutions coor-
Engineering & Management Intelligence dinated by MTA SZTAKI Research Laboratory on Engineering &
Management Intelligence. Its main task is to represent Industry 4.0
Contact: László Monostori objectives in Hungary and coordinate the relevant research activities.
Email: monostori.laszlo@sztaki.mta.hu The group consists of the following organised research entities:
Website: www.sztaki.hu 1. Industry 4.0 Centre of Excellence in Research and Innovation,
MTA SZTAKI
Partners: BME Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Sys- 2. Industry 4.0 Technology Centre, BME.
tems; BME Department of Automation and Applied Informatics; BME Ve- Taking into consideration the network of industrial and academic
hicle Communication Research Laboratory; BME Department of research partners located at individual sites, the two platforms en-
Networked Systems and Services, Vehicle Communication Research Labo- compass nearly all competencies in this field. By commission of the
ratory; SZE Research Centre of Vehicle Industry, Győr; MTA Centre of Ex- Ministry for National Economy, the professional coordination of
cellence in Vehicle Technology Research (J3K), Győr. Industry 4.0 objectives in Hungary is vested in MTA SZTAKI that
established the country’s Industry 4.0 professional representative
ESFRI connection: None forum comprising more than 60 domestic industrial stakeholders.
The primary, prevalent relations are those between the above two
Status of the RI group: operating entities, with some partitions in the design platforms. A strategic committee consisting of the heads of the plat-
and implementation phase forms is responsible for research coordination and for adopting a
common research strategy. The coordinator takes part in numerous
European projects (H2020) and other research cooperation rela-
tionships aiming at the international representation of the topic.

Aims of the RI group
Establishment of a common organisation for the representation
of Industry 4.0 research; coordination and harmonisation of the
tasks of the relevant domestic research centres, and promotion of
the objectives through common project targets and complemen-
tary task assignment. The rationalisation of often costly infrastruc-
tural investments and providing cooperative access to resources are
also priorities. The primary goal of the group is to create a flagship
domestic research base using a shared infrastructure, and to join
Industry 4.0 innovation efforts on the international stage.

Status of the RI group:
The current infrastructure of the RI group relies on the existing
research infrastructure of MTA SZTAKI developed from GINOP
and H2020 funds. The Industry 4.0 model centre in Győr is par-
ticularly important.

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