Digital Twin: Enabling Technologies, Challenges and Open Research

Digital Twin technology is an emerging concept that has become the centre of attention for industry and, in more recent years, academia. The advancements in industry 4.0 concepts have facilitated its growth, particularly in the manufacturing industry. The Digital Twin is defined extensively but is best described as the effortless integration of data between a physical and virtual machine in either direction. The challenges, applications, and enabling technologies for Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twins are presented. A review of publications relating to Digital Twins is performed, producing a categorical review of recent papers. The review has categorised them by research areas:…

• DF
  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government

  Award: 32R16P00706
• ER
  European Regional Development Fund

  Award: 32R16P00706