Smart Information for Digital Twins

Published: 2022-04-14 Updated: 2025-03-26

Have you ever heard of a “digital twin”? This is a hotly debated concept in the field of digitalization. Essentially, it can be explained as follows: On the one hand, we have the product, which might be a device, a machine, a system, or something else altogether. Now, we create a complete model of the product on the computer, with all its various properties. What are the product's dimensions? What is the power consumption of its motor? Which components are built-in? All of this information helps to produce an extremely detailed, complete model of the product.

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