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In the video presentation prepared for the IMEKO World Congress, Dr. Zsolt János Viharos, Senior Research Fellow of the Research Laboratory on Engineering & Management Intelligence at HUN-REN SZTAKI, and Hoang Anh Tuan, researcher at the laboratory, present a demonstration of a drawing robot using multiple artificial intelligence methods.

Researchers of HUN-REN SZTAKI's Engineering and Management Intelligence laboratory participated in an intensive workshop in Vienna, where researchers from Fraunhofer Austria presented a recent result: they measured the variable current consumption of a manufacturing cell using PLC data.

In the two broadcasts presented in November, the head and deputy head of the Institute's Research Laboratory on Engineering & Management Intelligence, József Váncza and Gábor Erdős, were interviewed, as well as two guest speakers, Paul Shore and Peter De Wolf.

On 11 December 2023, József Váncza, Head of the Research Laboratory on Engineering & Management Intelligence at HUN-REN SZTAKI, gave an invited online presentation at the "AI for Good" lecture series sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in a session on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. The event was followed by a worldwide audience and opened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

The researchers of HUN-REN SZTAKI attended the launch meeting of the BATTwin project in Milan from 17 to 19 January. The host was the university Politecnico di Milano. The project is supported by CINEA.

The German-Hungarian EUREKA project titled EARAS (Energy-aware robotic assembly systems) held its kick-off meeting in Budapest.

József Váncza, Head of HUN-REN SZTAKI's Engineering and Management Intelligence Research Laboratory, gave an invited plenary presentation at the 20th International Manufacturing Conference in China, IMCC 2023.

At the central event of the European Robotics Week (ERW), video messages were played by institutes from the participating countries. In the videos, the coordinators from each country explained why they think ERW is important and what their country's highlights are.

In the framework of their career orientation day, fourth grade students of the Lágymányosi Bárdos Lajos Bilingual Primary School visited HUN-REN SZTAKI.

József Váncza, Head of the Research Laboratory of Engineering and Management Intelligence at HUN-REN SZTAKI, gave full-house presentation on the industrial application of digital twin technology at a gala conference on the twenty-five-year Hungarian success story of additive manufacturing (or 3D printing).

SZTAKI's Engineering and Management Intelligence Research Laboratory (EMI) and Hitachi Research and Development Group have a decades-long collaboration – a recent landmark in this relationship saw EMI staff visit two Hitachi facilities.

The 2023 International Academy of Engineering and Technology (AET) Symposium 2023 took place at HUN-REN SZTAKI from 31 August to 1 September 2023. The event featured presentations by international experts and a poster session was held in the Innovation and Demonstration Hall of SZTAKI. The three-day programme was co-organised and hosted by HUN-REN SZTAKI.