Educational-development Workplace for Digital Twins using the OPC UA and Unity 3D

Abstract

Digital Twin technology has seen great advances in design, implementation and use in recent years. This article describes the combination of two key attributes of the Industry 4.0 concept - virtualization through Digital Twins and interoperability based on the OPC UA standard. For educational purposes, an experimental workplace and an educational-development environment for the design of Digital Twins using interoperability and the 3D engine Unity have been created. The presented methodology of Digital Twin creation was practically verified on available digital technologies.