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Digital twinning seeks to improve the design and maintenance of physical systems
by offering data-driven ways to discretely map these physical systems into digital
and computerized replicas of themselves, their Digital Twin (DT). With the arrival
of automation and data exchange, digital twinning could be useful in a myriad of
industrial applications.
This new industrial context, where the physical and the digital worlds meet, is
known as the fourth industrial revolution—or Industry 4.0. Brought on by the
intersection of a host of high-technology electronic and computer systems, the
"new way" of Industry 4.0 promises increasing gains, efficiencies, and flexibility. A
gamut of new technologies must be integrated to work seamlessly together to pair
the physical domain with the digital information domain. Digital twinning is only one
part of the technology roadmap for Industry 4.0, as these additional technologies
are helping to enable digital twinning for Industry 4.0 to manifest its potential:
• Pairing technologies
• Cyber-physical systems
• Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality
• Artificial intelligence
• Additive manufacturing 3D printing
• Digital thread
NEW TECHNOLOGIES PAIR THE
PHYSICAL WITH THE DIGITAL
By Paul Golata, Mouser Electronics
Digital twinning is one part of
the technology road map for
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial
Internet of Things. A gamut of new
technologies must be integrated to
work seamlessly together to pair
the physical domain with the digital
information domain.
