Cognitive Digital Twins for Smart Manufacturing

Abstract

Smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0, a trend initiated a decade ago, aims to revolutionize traditional manufacturing using technology driven approaches. Modern digital technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Big Data analytics, augmented/virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI) are the key enablers of new smart manufacturing approaches. The digital twin is an emerging concept whereby a digital replica can be built of any physical object. Digital twins are becoming mainstream; many organizations have started to rely on digital twins to monitor, analyze, and simulate physical assets and processes.