Investing in an energy mix as well as in CO2 capture via reforestation
Thanks to our R&D (Research & Development) projects around innovative platforms for collaboration, structuring and visualization of industrial data, ORINOX's strategy is in line with the French economic recovery plan. In addition, we focus our research and development on robust, independent and performance-optimized systems to limit CO2 emissions. This will to design resilient, efficient and sovereign systems is in line with the national strategy of business transition through innovation, with a responsible dimension.
The project REDOPI (REprésentation des DOnnées de grands et mégas Projets Industriels) in a few words : this project aims to create a dynamic digital twin, from data in any format (i.e. whatever CAD software solutions are chosen), and then to make it accessible on any type of device (web portal, android tablet etc.).
To answer these problems issues, it is necessary to remove many tchenological barriers to achieve the following objectives:
- To create an automatic date conversion system to a neutral format. The challenge here is to be able to take in input any type of data format, whether 3D CAD data (from Autodesk, AVEVA, Hexagon, Bentley, Dassault etc.) or point clouds;
- To develop innovative features to increase realism, and to optimize the display automatically thanks to algorithmes. The main goal of this optimization is to reduce the performance required to display a large amount of data, while maintaining a good level of immersiveness;
- To generalize the hardware support of the visualization, by making the display and the use of the digital twin accessible via a simple web portal. It is the same for the accounting of 'nomadic" equipment such as smartphones, tablets, virtual reality headsets, etc. This generalization will require an optimization of the processing algorithms on this type of equipment. The objective here is to facilitate access to data, by making it available without the need for specialized hardware (no more need for powerful CAD-compatible computers), and therefore to break the silos between engineering and operations.
To facilitate access to these technologies around digital twins, we want to develop an "AnyCloud" approach that will allow ORINOX to offer its products regardless of the hosting solution used by the customer (customer's own hosting or hosting by any cloud provider). The idea is to adapt to the server instances used by the customer to guarantee optimal performance in any case. The "AnyCloud" will also ensure a certain sovereignty of France and Europe in the hosting of data in front of the American behemoths, today leaders in the cloud market.
In 2020, we presented the REDOPI project to the EMC2 competitiveness cluster. The EMC2 committee, made up of experts and industrialists from the Pays de la Loire region (including Naval Group, LS2N, Clarté, etc.), supported the innovative nature of the project, and its positioning on the future. We obtained the EMC2 label, which allowed us to push REDOPI to obtain a PIA3 grant (Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) from the French government and the Pays de la Loire region.
These fundings and supports finally allowed us to conduct a first feasibility study in 2021, which ended in a conclusive and promising Proof of Concept. So we will carry on our developments, with the aim of offering a complete and optimized solution for visualizing, structuring and collaborating around the datas of large and mega industrial projects.
Thanks to the R&D team for having carried this project to the "France Relance" award, and thanks to all Orinoxians who have participated from near of far (sometimes without knowing it!), to the success of this project, which is only the beginning...
