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Obuda Innovation Laboratory

About

Obuda Innovation Laboratory (O.I.L.) is Obuda University's premier destination for both International and Domestic students. We are the first and only English-First collective within the university and pride ourselves on our cooperation. We are open to students, professors and community members of all technical backgrounds.

Founded in 2024 OIL is in the heart of Budapest, and strives to become the city's premier makerspace and research hub, innovating across all sectors. Across Big Data, AI, Robotics, Business, IOT, Design, Art and more, our team of students are ready to take on any challenge you or your business faces. Contact us with your project ideas today!

How we work

Your Time, Your Projects

At OIL, you've got freedom. Got a class project? Bring it. Need a quiet corner to study? Done. Want to tinker with a 3D printer? Go for it. Whether it's a weird prototype, a custom part, or a full start-up idea, the space is yours.

The Deal

We give you the gear, the space, and the protection for your ideas. In return, we ask you to kick in 30–40% of your time for Lab Projects.
These are the big missions: cracking industrial problems, building weird machines, training AI models, or converting an old car to electric. Projects that gets OIL noticed, brings in funding, and lets us keep reaching for bigger and better things.

No Skills? No Problem!

Never touched a soldering iron? Never written a line of code? Perfect! OIL is a sandbox for trial and error. Fail forward, fail fast, fail better. Here, you'll get handed a tool, a quick crash course, and a new problem to solve right after.

Location
  • Headquarters: Obudai Egyetem - Bánki Donát Faculty, Blaha Lujza tér, Budapest, Hungary
Contact
  • Main Email: oil@oil-obuda.hu
  • Head of Operation's Email: gabrielcreamer@oil-obuda.hu
  • Head of Equipment's Email: gorjan@oil-obuda.hu
  • Head of Finance's Email: dragoslav@oil-obuda.hu
Join Us

    Please follow the link to a Google Form to join OIL today!

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Our Current Projects! Contact for more info.

  1. In Progress

    STOCKY

    STOCKY is a stock trading bot compiles news updates, reddit posts, and AI inquires to create a heatmap of the most traded and talked about stocks. Data inputs are scored and routed to a machine learning algorithm.

  2. In Progress

    STIKR

    STIKR is an AR collecting platform that turns real-world artist stickers into interactive moments. Find a sticker, snap it, and it’s saved to your collection; each capture can launch AR scenes, secret links, or mini web apps. The experience is gamified with XP, achievements, challenges, and leaderboards, letting you unlock artist-defined rewards like exclusive drops, discounts, and early access.

  3. In Progress

    LADA-E

    LADA-E is a full electric restomod of a lada 2107, and possible race/rally car. The end goal is a commericially availible homologated kit to bring these vintage beauties into the 21st century. Actively looking for sponsorship opportunities!

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Updates direct from OIL

  1. OIL Internal

    Website is Live!

    After a lot of fighting with our internal systems, our website is finally online. Please enjoy :)

Boot log entries

  1. BOOT SEQUENCE OIL SYSTEM BIOS v4.2
  2. MEMORY BANKS CALIBRATED
  3. SENSOR GRID ONLINE
  4. NEURAL ROUTINES STABLE
  5. FIELD OPERATIONS SYNCED
  6. INIT HANDSHAKE OPERATOR LINK ESTABLISHED
  7. DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARY: ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL