Article
Automation & Control Systems
Constantin Cronrath, Bengt Lennartson
Summary: In the control of complex systems, there are two main trends: model-based control from digital twins and model-free control through AI. Attempts have been made to bridge the gap between these two by incorporating learning-based AI algorithms into digital twins. However, evaluation results show that blackbox optimization algorithms generally outperform generic learning algorithms.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jiewu Leng, Man Zhou, Yuxuan Xiao, Hu Zhang, Qiang Liu, Weiming Shen, Qianyi Su, Longzhang Li
Summary: Digital twins technology enables semi-physical simulation to reduce the commissioning cost of manufacturing systems. This paper proposes a digital twins-based remote semi-physical commissioning approach, validated through a case study, to make the commissioning of smart manufacturing systems more sustainable by combining open architecture design paradigm with digital twins-based approach.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Jiewu Leng, Dewen Wang, Weiming Shen, Xinyu Li, Qiang Liu, Xin Chen
Summary: Digital twins technology can assist designers in effectively simulating various interactions and behaviors of manufacturing processes, thereby reducing the time and cost of physical commissioning and reconfiguration.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Anis Assad Neto, Elias Ribeiro da Silva, Fernando Deschamps, Laercio Alves do Nascimento Jr, Edson Pinheiro de Lima
Summary: Achieving flexibility is crucial for manufacturing organizations to gain competitive advantage, but it can also create disruptions that hinder managers' ability to diagnose problems, predict behavior, and make decisions. The digital twin emerges as a potential tool to restore operational visibility for managers. Its architecture allows for continuous updates of the manufacturing system model and prompt delivery of management support services.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Ruijun Liu, Haisheng Li, Zhihan Lv
Summary: This study investigates the application and development of 3D modeling in Digital Twins (DTs) through a literature review. It analyzes the transition process from 3D modeling to DTs modeling and examines the current applications of DTs modeling in various industries. The study finds that 3D modeling technology in DTs has great potential for development but also has limitations.
CMES-COMPUTER MODELING IN ENGINEERING & SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Georgios Mylonas, Athanasios Kalogeras, Georgios Kalogeras, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Christos Alexakos, Luis Munoz
Summary: Digital twins are increasingly popular in various domains, with the application in smart cities facing challenges due to the significant differences in system size, complexity, and requirements. Researchers should utilize established tools and methods, such as co-creation in smart cities, to better address these specificities.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eugeny I. Yablochnikov, Artemiy V. Chukichev, Olga S. Timofeeva, Oman A. Abyshev, Grigory E. Abaev, Armando W. Colombo
Summary: The article discusses an industrial cyber-physical platform for small series production utilizing digital twins, which allows individuals in different roles to interact at three levels and receive support in performing their tasks.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Douha Macherki, Thierno M. L. Diallo, Jean-Yves Choley, Amir Guizani, Maher Barkallah, Mohamed Haddar
Summary: This paper proposes a holonic architecture called QHAR for Cyber-Physical Production Systems, which has four dimensions and three flows, and implements oligarchical control through hierarchical and heterarchical approaches. The architecture has been tested and validated in a case study.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Cinzia Giannetti, Aniekan Essien
Summary: Smart factories are intelligent, fully-connected systems that make decisions based on Artificial Intelligence and predictive capabilities. Deep Learning is crucial for their development, but hindered by large data requirements and high computational demands. Transfer Learning has been proposed as a solution to enable efficient training of models and reuse of previously trained models to address these challenges.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Trier Mortlock, Deepan Muthirayan, Shih-Yuan Yu, Pramod P. Khargonekar, Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque
Summary: This article discusses the concept of digital twins and their application in manufacturing. Cognitive digital twins, as the next stage of digital twins, can help realize the vision of Industry 4.0. By utilizing implicit knowledge, cognitive digital twins can improve efficiency in manufacturing and enable more autonomous decision-making and control.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Konstantinos Traganos, Paul Grefen, Irene Vanderfeesten, Jonnro Erasmus, Georgios Boultadakis, Panagiotis Bouklis
Summary: In the Industry 4.0 era, manufacturers remain competitive by integrating advanced technologies, with the HORSE framework serving as a reference architecture for effective management of manufacturing processes and vertical control of technologies in manufacturing organizations.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Giovanni Lugaresi, Sofia Gangemi, Giulia Gazzoni, Andrea Matta
Summary: Digital twins are crucial in optimizing production systems and aiding decision making. Ensuring alignment between the physical system and the digital model, as well as validating the model in real-time with limited data, is essential. This study proposes a methodology for validating digital twins in production planning and control, measuring alignment using sequence data comparison techniques.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Stefan Mihai, Mahnoor Yaqoob, Dang Hung, William Davis, Praveer Towakel, Mohsin Raza, Mehmet Karamanoglu, Balbir Barn, Dattaprasad Shetve, Raja Prasad, Hrishikesh Venkataraman, Ramona Trestian, Huan X. Nguyen
Summary: Digital Twin is an emerging technology that replicates the elements of a physical system into a digital counterpart, allowing for seamless monitoring, analysis, evaluation, and predictions. However, challenges such as complex communication and data accumulation, data scarcity for training Machine Learning models, and lack of processing power for high fidelity twins hinder the development of this technology.
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Prasoon Kumar, Khalid Baig Mirza, Kaushik Choudhury, Magali Cucchiarini, Henning Madry, Pratyoosh Shukla
Summary: Tissue engineering involves assembling cells onto a 3D scaffold to form functional tissue with the guidance of scaffolding systems. Proper understanding of cellular communication in a reactor is crucial for appropriate positioning of cells in a 3D environment during tissue formation. Sensors and actuators integrated with cyber-physical systems can enhance cell communication and tissue morphogenesis.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yuebin Guo, Andreas Klink, Paulo Bartolo, Weihong Grace Guo
Summary: Manufacturing processes are becoming more data-driven, and digital twins (DTs) are an important tool in this field. This paper examines the concept of DTs, their evolution, and presents a framework for their future development. The paper focuses on the implementation of key components of DTs, such as process models, in additive manufacturing, electrical discharge machining, and electrochemical machining. Furthermore, the paper summarizes current challenges and future research directions in this area.
CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Borja Ramis Ferrer, Wael M. Mohammed, Mussawar Ahmad, Sergii Iarovyi, Jiayi Zhang, Robert Harrison, Jose Luis Martinez Lastra
Summary: The literature review presents a comparison between ontologies and databases in the context of PLM and PPR, offering qualitative and quantitative analyses. The implementation in a real industrial scenario demonstrates the different modeling approaches can be used for the same purpose, enabling discussion and comparative analysis of both strategies.
KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert Harrison, Daniel Vera, Bilal Ahmad
Summary: The transition to truly smart manufacturing requires a high degree of autonomy within automation systems, changing the role of humans in manufacturing and logistics functions. Research towards adaptable autonomous automation systems is described, focusing on key aspects such as human-machine interaction, autonomous assembly and logistics, and system-wide optimization. The importance of effective systems integration and interoperability for seamless propagation of operational information is discussed as a key enabler for global knowledge collection, analysis, and optimization.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2021)