Mercedes-Benz said it will use digital twins — with help from Omniverse and USD — for production applications to design, collaborate, plan and operate manufacturing and assembly facilities.

Mercedes-Benz is joining the metaverse. Or at least its assembly facilities are. The automaker is one of Nvidia’s latest customers to use Omniverse Enterprise, a software platform used to build ...

At a high level, there are three components to a digital twin: Real-world entity or process – This could be an oil rig, an intricate assembly line, or an entire electrical grid.

Guide to digital twins: Basics, uses, benefits. While the concept of a digital twin isn’t entirely new, its application has exploded due to progress in Internet of Things (IoT) devices ...

A digital twin integrates a 360-degree view of a complex system, ... At BMW's Regensburg plant, teams used a digital twin to design and test a new assembly line machine entirely virtually.

A “digital twin” is a virtual replica of an existing physical object, system or infrastructure. In NASA’s case, this came in the form of 15 simulators used for training and for testing ...

Companies like BMW are developing them, and one day you might have one of your own. Now it’s time to learn what a digital twin actually is. If you work in the fields of manufacturing, logistics ...

Digital twins are a simulated replica of reality. Reality in this sense might refer to a physical object like a wind turbine or building, a process like the assembly line for manufacturing a car, or a ...

Creating the digital twin began with LiDAR scans to identify key assets. “Over 15 years, things change, and drawings didn’t keep up,” says Ron Powell, general manager for Canada Line operations.