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“…In manufacturing, DT technology has been utilized in different application domains with different purposes (Barricelli et al, 2019;Cimino et al, 2019;Kritzinger et al, 2018). For instance, DT has been employed to 'handle the flexibility' of modern manufacturing systems (David et al, 2018;Toivonen et al, 2018;Um et al, 2017;Yao et al, 2018). However, these studies do not consider applications in the robotics field.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Digital Twin Demonstrator to enable flexible manufacturing with robotics: a process supervision case study

Martínez

Marino

Sánchez

et al. 2021

Production & Manufacturing Research

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Manufacturing companies are facing different challenges. On the one hand, production is moving from mass-production to masscustomization and personalization. Reconfigurable-, adaptive-and evolving-factories are necessary to achieve the required flexibility. On the other hand, technology must be integrated with human skills to assist the operators in supervising and maintaining manufacturing plants with growing complexity. In line with the Industry 4.0 paradigm, a Digital Twin Demonstrator is proposed to support the supervision activity of the operator in the context of flexible manufacturing with robotics. The supervision is achieved through a Human-Computer-Machine Interaction (HCMI) enabled with the Digital Twin technology. The suggested demonstrator is implemented and validated using a lab case study where it is demonstrated how the proposed HCMI interaction enables 'close-to-real-time' supervision of the manufacturing system in its self-adaptation to production and environmental changes.

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“…Furthermore, the examples are given above also indicate how simulation can be used to improve the efficiency of a logistics process by supplying the workers with the necessary information. In this case, we simulate the working processes and observe the material movements, machines, robots, etc., and their interactions [54]. I.e., in these cases, we need both a visualisation that allows the employees either working in the warehouse or making a decision related to technical support on one hand side (requires a shadow).…”

Section: Digital Twin Testbed and Applications For Production Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital twin testbed and practical applications in production logistics with real-time location data

Hauge¹,

Zafarzadeh²,

Jeong³

et al. 2021

Int J Ind Eng Manag

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Nowadays, digital twins exist everywhere in various fields. However, an analysis of existing applications in manufacturing and logistics revealed that many entirely apply the concept. To identify when a complete implementation of the concept is beneficial, we analyse the need and the implications within production logistics. This study also presents an architecture supporting integrating a digital twin into production logistics and a corresponding application scenario. Based on this, we have derived practical applications. Each application is applied to different situations, and actual benefits can overcome the limitations of the previous studies.

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Review of digital twin applications in manufacturing

A Digital Twin Demonstrator to enable flexible manufacturing with robotics: a process supervision case study

Digital twin testbed and practical applications in production logistics with real-time location data

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