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NASA unveil new VIPER lunar rover

NASA unveil new VIPER lunar rover

The United States aims to send astronauts to the Moon in 2024, but before this expedition, unmanned missions will be carried out, like the lunar rover. The module was unveiled in testing by the United States Space Agency. Called VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar...

Renault factory wins World Economic Forum award

Renault factory wins World Economic Forum award

The Renault plant in Curitiba, Brazil has been recognised as being one of the leaders that make up the World Network of Flagship Factories of the World Economic Forum. The factory received this recognition for its application of technologies arising from the 4th...

Designing a virtual robotic lab

Designing a virtual robotic lab

As part of the new wave of Industry 4.0, 3D printing, digital twins and virtual reality are just some of the tools that have been developed to help shorten machine design cycles. In France, the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the University of Poitiers...

What will the factory of the future look like?

What will the factory of the future look like? This is the main question that many industrialists are currently asking themselves. What is certain is that the industry of tomorrow, at least from 2025, will be highly robotised. The average price of a robot in the...

The Toupnot agri-food factory in Lourdes devastated by a fire

During the night of 9 to 10 January, the Toupnot food factory in Lourdes was destroyed by a fire. The incident occurred around midnight following an incident with an electrical enclosure. Considerable damage The alert was issued by employees who were working on the...

Angela Merkel underlines importance of artificial intelligence sector

At the launch of the Hanover Fair, Angela Merkel stressed the importance of the artificial intelligence industry with the German Chancellor announcing that her government plans to take action to promote this sector. Merkel officially opened this year's event on Sunday...

US startup unveil plans to launch a space hotel

Space, the final frontier? Perhaps not if Orion Span, the American startup, have their say. Orion Span believe that space travel is no longer just for astronauts and to underline this point the startup have announced a plan to launch a space hotel called Aurora...

Soditen Group acquires Rassant International

The manufacturer and distributor of car care products Soditen Group acquires Rassant International, a company based near Chartres specializing in hydraulic handling and lifting equipment. Rassant International designs, manufactures and distributes products dedicated...

TRACKO: a tracking solution for industry

The Romanian company Onyx Beacon has just introduced TRACKO, a new tracking solution for the industry, which also acts as a management system. The solution, integrated on mobile, allows locating and tracking in real time the assets and industrial equipment. Everything...