Synchronizing physical factory and its digital twin through an IIoT middleware: a case study

Kuts, Vladimir; Modoni, Gianfranco E.; Otto, Tauno; Sacco, Marco; Tähemaa, Toivo; Bondarenko, Yevhen; Wang, R

doi:10.3176/proc.2019.4.03

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“…DT technology with an integrated control mech anism can be used to modify, optimize, and deploy programming codes of various applications in the simu lation. Enabling synchronization between real and physical assets can be used to upload a new optimized code of the machine directly to its controller in a matter of seconds, not spending valuable time on the machine [101]. Thus, in this way a machine is being reprogrammed while still proceeding with its daily duties and the standby time of the machine is being decreased, resulting in energy cost savings.…”

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Implementation of Digital Twins for electrical energy conversion systems in selected case studies

Demidova¹,

Kallaste²,

Kuts³

et al. 2021

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Reference implementation of Digital Twins for electrical energy conversion systems is an important and open question in the industrial domain. Digital Twins can predict the future performance, behaviour, and maintenance needs of a complex system. Today the concept of Digital Twins is not only an emulation or simulation of the physical object along with its development history but also contains much information from the respective manufacturers and services. This paper presents the current stateoftheart of Digital Twins in relation to some interesting novel applications from different fields of electrical engineering. The objective of the paper is to give an overview of the successful application of Digital Twins in electrical energy conversion systems, such as industrial robotics and wind turbines; to discuss trends in applications like electric vehicles; and to suggest new applications, such as telescopes. Special attention is paid to the possible application of Digital Twins in faults diagnostics and prognostics of electrical energy conversion systems. Successful implementation of Digital Twins in any electrical energy conversion system diagnostics and prognostics allows for lowcost maintenance, higher utilization of the individual devices and systems, as well as lower usage of material and human resources. A SWOT analysis was performed for Digital Twin applications in electrical energy conversion systems. The latter is a useful analysis technique that explores possibilities for new achievements or solutions to existing problems and makes decisions about the best path.

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Section: Energy Optimizationmentioning

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Implementation of Digital Twins for electrical energy conversion systems in selected case studies

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Kallaste²,

Kuts³

et al. 2021

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“…With the current advancement in technology more complex systems are also being used in robotics [21], [22]K and autonomous vehicles [23]. The current systems used for data acquisition in robotics are still developing and changing over time due to the increase in the number of sensors and safety circuits [24].…”

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IoT Based Tools for Data Acquisition in Electrical Machines and Robotics

Raja

Vaimann

Rassõlkin

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE 19th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (PEMC)

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Internet of Things (IoT) has seen rapid growth along with the recent advancement in information and communication area. With the introduction of new technologies, it has become easier to interact with machines and communicate with them. IoT cannot only be used to communicate and control these machines but it can be used further in diagnostics related to the detection or prediction of faults. As the infrastructure is advancing at a rapid speed, it has also become a need of the hour to update the way diagnostics and maintenance are carried out over them, to not only save cost but also time. This paper is a work in progress, where these opportunities will be explored in the context of IoT industrial applications.

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“…However, one of the challenging tasks of these Digital Twin models is to create and connect them with the actual model, as this requires a well-defined digital 3D structure [3]. Generally, for industrial purposes, CAD software for 3D modeling is used.…”

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Digital Twin for FANUC Robots: Industrial Robot Programming and Simulation Using Virtual Reality

2021

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A Digital Twin is the concept of creating a digital replica of physical models (such as a robot). This is similar to establishing a simulation using a robot operating system (ROS) or other industrial-owned platforms to simulate robot operations and sending the details to the robot controller. In this paper, we propose a Digital Twin model that assists in the online/remote programming of a robotic cell by creating a 3D digital environment of a real-world configuration. Our Digital Twin model consists of two components, (1) a physical model: FANUC robot (M-10iA/12), and (2) a digital model: Unity (a gaming platform) that comes with specialized plugins for virtual and augmented reality devices. One of the main challenges in the existing approach of robot programming is writing and modifying code for a robot trajectory that is eased in our framework using a Digital Twin. Using a Digital Twin setup along with Virtual Reality, we observe the trajectory replication between digital and physical robots. The simulation analysis provided a latency of approximately 40 ms with an error range of −0.28 to 0.28∘ across the robot joint movements in a simulation environment and −0.3 to 0.3∘ across the actual robot joint movements. Therefore, we can conclude that our developed model is suitable for industrial applications.

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Synchronizing physical factory and its digital twin through an IIoT middleware: a case study

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Implementation of Digital Twins for electrical energy conversion systems in selected case studies

Implementation of Digital Twins for electrical energy conversion systems in selected case studies

IoT Based Tools for Data Acquisition in Electrical Machines and Robotics

Digital Twin for FANUC Robots: Industrial Robot Programming and Simulation Using Virtual Reality

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