Digital Twin for Cyber-physical Production Systems

IFIP60 Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are one of the pillars for the new industrial revolution, which is marked by the decentralization of production processes as well as the proliferation of interconnected intelligent devices throughout the production and logistics chain.

Embedded computers and networks monitor and control the physical processes with feedback loops in which physical processes affect computations and vice versa. An industrial automation system is an example of CPS where computational elements control and automate the execution of physical processes in industrial plants.

Thus, it is clear the need to connect physical objects to information associated with these objects in the cyber world. In CPS, for each product, machine or equipment, a virtual (logical) representation needs to be developed with its actual physical description. This process is known as virtualization and its product, the digital twin, is one of the consequences of Industry 4.0.

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