Lyon IndustriesLyon Industries

Applied engineering and artificial intelligence research.

Lyon Industries studies technical problems and develops evidence to support decisions about what to build, test, and apply.

Satellite image of smoke from wildfires in British Columbia
Terra MODIS · British Columbia wildfires, 2017

How we work

From research
to application.

We study technical problems, build prototypes, and test whether they are useful in practice.

Four bracket designs made with a language model and CAD toolsFour bracket designs made with a language model and CAD tools
Four bracket designs · CAD renders, not manufactured parts

Study the problem.

We investigate the problem, study the technology, and identify what we still need to learn. The findings help us choose what to test.

We used a language model and CAD tools to create and check four bracket designs.

See the bracket designs

We check the results before spending more.A failed test can mean changing the design or stopping.

Selected work

Research.

We build and test tools to answer practical engineering questions.

Explore how people, organisations and ideas connect across a collection of documents. GraphRAG Workbench lets you build and inspect the graph behind the answers.

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Head-on Blender render of GraphRAG Workbench on a MacBook
Head-on render · GraphRAG Workbench
45-degree Blender render of GraphRAG Workbench on a MacBook
45-degree render · GraphRAG Workbench

Electrical engineering

Why did a clean PCB check still fail engineering review?

A circuit board passed automated checks but failed review of its physical layout.

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digital

Mechanical engineering

Can conversation produce checked exact CAD in one turn?

One test used a language model and CAD tools to create four checked bracket models.

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AI and manufacturing

Can AI produce artwork ready for manufacturing?

A 59-product test for World Patches, from the image brief to the supplier file.

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Robotics

Can hand tracking control a robot?

A browser bench tests hand commands and stop checks against a simulated robot.

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Interactive

Apps.

Explore the ideas through working applications.

Teleoperation

Use hand tracking to move a simulated robot arm.

Open app

Publications

White papers.

Detailed records of the questions, methods and results behind our engineering work.

Working papers · PDF

Analysis

Articles.

Clear explanations of the technology, costs and choices behind the headlines.

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AI infrastructure

What does a 100 MW AI data centre require?

Follow the electricity from the grid to the computers, and the heat back out.

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space

Lunar resources

Can we make oxygen on the Moon instead of bringing it from Earth?

Compare the soil, equipment and production needed to make oxygen on the Moon.

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Commercialised research

Ventures.

Research that became a product, a store or a business.

World Patches.

A repeatable AI artwork pipeline became a travel-patch store. Digital designs connect to Stripe checkout and on-demand manufacturing, so the catalogue can grow without stocking every destination.

Explore the venture Visit the store
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Generated catalogue artwork · 59 designs · made-to-order printed patches.

Contact

Have a technical question?

Tell us what you're working on and what you need to decide.

christopher@lyon-industries.no