Our goal? To reduce the costs of testing and industrializing NDT equipment.

Our approach covers the entire value chain:
Development and capability assessment of new NDT methods for your products
Development of custom NDT effectors
Automated data analysis and diagnostic assistance for operators
Integration of NDT solutions into production lines
Qualification of NDT methods and training for NDT operators
Certified inspection of your prototypes and “small-batch” products on our NDT platforms (UTPA, TIR, CF, Vision, etc

VISIT US:

• May 19–21, 2026
• Cité Centre de Congrès LYON
• Booth B0

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Our teams will be at the ANR Robotics Committee booth alongside the CNRS (LS2N and LIRMM), Actemium, Cetim, Orano, and Vinci Energies to present the TITANBOT project, which emerged from the “France 2030 Robotics Transfer Challenge” call for proposals.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, JOIN US:
March 30–April 2, 2026
Paris Nord Villepinte
Booth 5H160

Learn more about the Titanbot project

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In figures

• 160 face-to-face and live participants,
• 50 participants in 6 workshops at Centrale Nantes and IRT Jules Verne: sharing, exchanging, practicing and manipulating robots over these two days
• 30 technical and scientific presentations on key robotics topics
• 4 scientific committee members: Zane ZAKE, Brice Renaudeau, Maciej Bednarczyk and Olivier Kermorgant
• 2 key note speakers: Alejandro Hernandez Cordero (Intrinsic) and Vishnuprasad Prachandabhanu (Fraunhofer IPA) and 1 invited speaker: Guillaume Doisy (Dexory)
• 1 networking evening in Halle 6 Ouest, bringing together nearly 100 people for a convivial exchange of ideas.
• 2 technical visits: the M-Lab at Halle 6 Ouest and the robotics technological innovation platform at IRT Jules Verne
• 8 sponsors: Nantes Métropole, the European ACROBA project, Canonical, Dexory, Naval Group, Reebot, 2RM CNRS, Zetta Scale Technology.
• 100% IRT Jules Verne organization team

Back to the program

A taste of ROS with workshops

The workshops, held at Centrale Nantes and IRT Jules Verne, covered concepts such as Gazebo, behavior trees, ROS 2 development environments that can be deployed on robots, and robot programming tests to create a collaborative sorting mini-factory.

Conference at Technocampus Océan

The conference program covered a wide range of topics, with many examples of applications using ROS 2, and exciting talks on the role of ROS 2 in education and industry. Here are just a few examples of the presentations given over the two days at Technocampus Océan:

• Tribulations of a roboticist in impact robotics: the case of agricultural robotics, by Mikael Arguedas – NeoFarm
• ROS 2 at the heart of the railway maintenance robotics ecosystem, presented by Louis-Romain JOLY and Clara Cussaguet – SNCF Group
• Mobile robotics scale-up with ROS 2, by Guillaume Doisy, Dexory
• How can ROS help manufacturers imagine the future of their factories? by Delphine KELLER – NAVAL GROUP, with a focus on the SMARTROBOT project with IRT Jules Verne

Not forgetting the testimonials of our 2 key note speakers:

• Alejandro Hernandez Cordero, Intrinsic, USA, who spoke about the upcoming release of ROS 2 Jazzy and shared the latest information on Gazebo.
• Vishnuprasad Prachandabhanu, Research Associate at Fraunhofer IPA (GER), who presented ROS-Industrial, the community applying ROS to the industrial world, and the projects supported by the European consortium.

Other topics included developer tools presented by ZettaScale Technology and Canonical.

Two R&D robotics and cobotics engineers spoke on behalf of the IRT Jules Verne: Benjamin TREUSSART presented the topic “Automated sensor-based assembly”, and Baptiste VERON gave a presentation on the automated and flexible platform for NDT (CASPR).

Major exposure for our robotics expertise in France

By taking on the organization of ROSCON France, IRT Jules Verne has seized several opportunities:

• Supporting the development of the open-source robotics community in France.
• Position IRT Jules Verne at the forefront of robotics advances in France.
• Develop connections and opportunities to become known as a major player in modern robotics in France.
• Promote the expertise of its team to a public made up of industrials and academics of the sector.
• Promote exchanges and enhance the value of Nantes‘ robotics ecosystem.

Replays

The presentations are online! To see them again or again, go to the ROSCon France 2024 playlist:

Best-of

1 minute to live or relive the best moments of the ROSCON France 2024!

See you in Strasbourg in 2025 for next edition!

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Interview

Tell us about your background and previous experiences ?

After 4 years of studying geography and obtaining a Master’s degree in geography specialized on emerging and developing countries, I shifted my focus towards European funds. Initially interested in European development funds, I did an internship at the United Nations in Geneva and then at the European Commission, always with a focus on West Africa. After that, I ended up in the field of innovation ! I completed my Master’s degree in an alternating work-study program at a consulting firm for innovation project, and then spent 5 and a half years at EMC2 cluster dedicated to advanced manufacturing. I was working on European project, building and managing proposal, and became familiar with the regional industrial ecosystem. Early 2022, I joined the Pays de la Loire Regional Council, within the European Action Service. I represented the Region in the governance bodies of Interreg programs and supported the Health, Rural, Urban, Tourism, and Social and Solidarity Economy sectors in accessing EU funds.

Can you tell us more about your role at IRT Jules Verne ?

I joined IRT Jules Verne as the Europe team manager. Our team is in charge of managing ongoing projects and developing new European projects in collaboration with the research teams at IRT Jules Verne.

IRT Jules Verne has a dedicated team for European projects since 2027, our goal is to continue expanding our presence at European level by leveraging the institute expertise in the 5 research themes and its know-how in conducting R&D projects. European programs are ambitious, and we contribute to their objectives by bringing forth European R&D projects that align with our technological roadmap.

Why did you join IRT Jules Verne ?

For its innovation capacity and ambition ! IRT Jules Verne is already involved in 19 European projects, including one as a coordinator, with a total funding of over €8 million… and this is just the beginning! I enjoy getting involved in innovative research projects, discovering new technologies, and facing the challenges of each project. I am delighted to have joined an organization that seeks to address the challenges of tomorrow through European partnerships.

Find out more

• See European projects page

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Nantes, 15 September 2022 – Jules Verne Institute intensified its efforts to position itself as a leading institution in the European research landscape, and it ranks 8^th among all French institutions which submitted new project proposals under the “industry” theme in 2022. After submitting 14 applications in 2022, Jules Verne Institute has been granted 6 new projects for a total of nearly €73 million, doubling the number of ongoing European projects in which the Institute is involved (total budget of €161 million).  

The institute participation in collaborative projects keeps growing, confirming that Jules Verne Institute expertise and know-how in the fields of additive manufacturing, robotics, composite and metallic materials processes, modelling, simulation and characterisation is widely appreciated by the European consortia.

• For the first time, Jules Verne Institute is leading as coordinating institution the European project: SUSPENS “Sustainable structural sandwiches and hollow composites parts for automotive, boat and aerospace markets”. As the title suggests, this project aims to develop composite parts in sandwiches and hollow composite parts that use up to 95% biosourced thermoset resins for the automotive, naval and aeronautical markets. These resins will be combined with sustainable fibres, such as natural cellulose fibres, lignin-based carbon and recycled carbon fibres. The technologies developed will contribute to drastically reduce CO2 emissions by several hundred thousand tons compared to current methods. The “Processes and Composite Materials” technological research team of the IRT Jules Verne will be in charge of the Work Package dedicated to the manufacturing of industrial demonstrators. SUSPENS project gathers 13 European partners, including the EMC2 French competitiveness cluster.

• In the frame of another Horizon Europe project, SALTO “reuSable strAtegic space Launcher Technologies & Operations”, Jules Verne Institute will gain new skills in relation to the space sector. This project will make it possible to produce, for the first time in Europe, a reusable first stage rocket demonstrator. By operating a large-scale, low-altitude vehicle, in line with future European strategic needs, and by integrating a set of critical technologies, the project will considerably strengthen the roadmap for strategic reusable launchers. This will impact the vision of a future launch fleet improving space access costs by 50% and reducing environmental impacts. SALTO will therefore serve as a “steppingstone” towards the reuse of strategic launchers in Europe, which is one of the key leverages to achieve this vision. SALTO project will result in flight test campaigns to demonstrate and validate the technologies needed for a reusable launch vehicle. The “Characterisation, Monitoring and Control” technological research team of the Jules Verne Institute will be responsible for developing innovative non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies. SALTO project is coordinated by ArianeGroup (France) and comprises 27 partners.

Read the press release

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So much emotion!

July 11, 2022 marked the arrival of our employees in the NAUTILUS, our new workplace in the heart of the manufacturing campus in the southwest of Nantes Metropole. A 7,000m2 building – including 4,000m2 of technological space – dedicated to industrial innovation.

Focus on the entrance of the employees in the premises

On the program of that beautiful day: entering the buildings with music & sun, convivial moments, discovery of the offices with a rally escape game, collaborative fresco dedicated to the 10 years of IRT Jules Verne, personalized welcome kit  for each collaborator. And above all, a lot of smiles & emotion on every face.

A new adventure starts now, congratulations to all the internal and external teams who made it possible. We look forward to showing you our new ship and to taking you on board with us!

Our location

Our new address : 1 Mail des 20 000 Lieues, 44 340 BOUGUENAIS.

We are waiting for you for a visit!

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Context and objectives

The imPure project was launched in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis with the objective of addressing the shortage in the global medical supply chain by using less traditional means to provide critical medical devices.

ImPURE’s goal is to repurpose non-medical plastics processing lines for the rapid production and large-scale distribution of critical medical supplies (CMS) to meet the need for life-saving medical equipment. ImPURE focuses on the reallocation of existing injection moulding lines through the additive manufacturing of modular moulds with interchangeable inserts.

IRT Jules Verne’s contributions

The IRT Jules Verne has contributed its expertise in Additive Manufacturing processes for the design and manufacture of the Vaccine Spike insert, a part used to take the vaccine from the multi-dose vials.

The IRT also participated in the improvement and optimisation of the reassigned lines through the development of a flexible and intelligent tool based on an advanced statistical analysis in real time, using sensors embedded in the process and allowing to determine during production if a part is in conformity.

Beyond the health crisis situation in which the imPURE project was launched, the methodology implemented is applicable to any production line conversion through the supplier management platform, the development of digital twins, the production of inserts via additive manufacturing and the management of part conformity in real time.

Partners

• Coordinator : NTUA (EL)
• Industrials : ANG SRL (IT) , BIOG3D (EL), CONIFY (EL), DBM (IT), ELVEZ (SI), IES
  (UK), IRES (BE), IUNGO (IT), NIT (ES), PRODUCTA (IT), PASCOE ENGINEERING (UK), SIDAM (IT), STIL GOMMA (IT), WARRANT HUB (IT)
• Academics : NKUA (EL), NTNU (NO), UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (UK)
  RTO : ITAINNOVA (ES), IRT JULES VERNE (FR)

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°101016262

Find out more

• Consult the project sheet
• More about Characterisation, monitoring and control at Jules Verne institute
• More about Metallic materials and additive processes at Jules Verne institute

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In 2022, IRT Jules Verne will move into its new premises.

All aboard the NAUTILUS for a beautiful adventure. With you, it will be extraordinary.

Join us!

Happy new year 2022!

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About the project

FIBRE4YARDS focuses on the entire production chain and promotes collaborative work among all types of shipyards and ancillary industries through a digital environment in which they work in a coordinated and automated way to optimise processes and improve quality.

Watch the video to understand how the project partners are making this happen!

Our work within the project

Within the frame of the FIBRE4YARDS project, IRT Jules Verne is involved in 2 Work Packages as Task Leader:

• Accoustic damping: in order to reduce the vibrations of composite panels of FRP vessels and thus the environmental impact of maritime traffic, IRT Jules Verne will work with Naval Group and TSI on the design of Acoustic Black Holes (ABH) to introduce structural damping and therefore reduce sound radiation of composite panels.
• Testing of composite demonstrators: IRT Jules Verne will carry out mechanical tests of composite panels that will be produced and supplied by Naval Group. in order to do so, IRT Jules Verne will use its unique multi-axial test facilty to assess the mechanical behavior of such demonstrators.

Want to know more about the project ?

• See our news about the launch of the project
• See our FIBRE4YARDS webpage
• See the FIBRE4YARDS website

Contact

Contact our team dedicated to European projects

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Our priority : to protect our staff and contribute to brake the virus spread while maintaining as much as we can a continuity of our activity.

Therefore, all IRT Jules Verne’s facilities are now closed and all our staff works from home from now on. However, your usual contacts can still be reached by phone or email, and are always available for any question you might have.

Facing this exceptional situation, our research activity is limited: therefore we count on the understanding of our partners, members and service providers.

Stay home and safe.

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