Digital Twins Aid Shipbuilders in Competitive Industry Navigation

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• Incremental efficiency gains in shipbuilding can translate into significant competitive advantages, according to researchers.
• The research team report that a digital twins technique could make it easier and more efficient to handle sudden and complicated tasks that come up unexpectedly or need to be redone.
• A data mapping and fusion method promoted seamless, real-time data interaction between the physical shipbuilding workshop and a digital twin virtual model that mirrors it.
• In the highly competitive global shipbuilding industry, incremental efficiency gains can translate into significant competitive advantages, according to researchers.

 
New research, published in Measurement and Control, used a cutting-edge approach to connect the virtual and real production worlds to optimize shipbuilding workflows. The researchers report the technique could make it easier and more efficient to handle sudden and complicated tasks that come up unexpectedly or need to be redone, which often occur in the highly complex shipbuilding process.
 
The key innovation is a data mapping and fusion method that promote seamless, real-time data interaction between the physical shipbuilding workshop and a digital twin virtual model that mirrors it. By directly streaming production data from machines and sensors into the digital twin, the system keeps the virtual environment continuously synchronized with the real-world operations.


Source: Metaverse Insider