DIGITAL MANUFACTURING transforming traditionally physical processes into digitally-enabled processes – or , building virtual worlds to train the next wave of autonomous robots , vehicles and perception AIs .”
“ Manufacturing businesses are using the metaverse to digitise difficult physical processes , such as designing and engineering physical products , or planning and operating physical factories and warehouses ,” says von Reiche .
Many manufacturers are leveraging state-of-the-art simulation technology to create true-to-reality digital twins on a massive scale , including 3D replicas of entire factories .
“ A true-to-reality digital twin means that everything in the physical world has an exact duplicate in the virtual world , all the way down to the literal nuts and bolts . A key aspect is that users can run simulations to test possible scenarios so as to pick the most optimal option . Furthermore , data from the real world captured through sensors can be fed into the digital version to synchronise the digital twin in real time .”
NVIDIA is working with many industrial companies and manufacturers to build
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