Building on the foundation The foundation of a smart factory transformation is the technologies that enable connectivity: cloud, where data is collected and processed using edge computing, and 5G ...

In collaboration with European companies and research institutes, VTT has developed a cloud-based, easily customized, modular software platform for improving the sustainability performance of ...

The new Virtual Factory system is made up of a “collaborative hub” of software modules that enable chip makers to embrace what Camstar calls “live everywhere manufacturing.” The concept is to fill the ...

What had previously been a theoretical testing option became a necessity during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure.

Such is the power of the industrial metaverse. Forget sending your avatar to virtual meetings with remote colleagues or poker nights with distant friends, as Mark Zuckerberg envisioned in 2021 ...

Jürgen Wittmann, head of innovation, virtual factory, and virtual commissioning in BMW’s production department, is currently planning the New Class setup in Munich with the digital twin.

In the miniature factory, it is poss- ible to rearrange the barrels. If the visitor sticks his hand in the path of the virtual forklift, the system immediately detects the obstruction.

Global Virtual Factory With production facilities around the world, global manufacturing companies face a number of key challenges. The first and most obvious of these challenges involves managing ...

On Dell Island's factory floor, residents are able to sit at drawing boards and configure their own Dell machines, much like visitors to Dell's Web site can do. After configuring a PC that works ...

Lithuanians badly want Tesla Motors to build its next giant factory on their soil, so to grab the attention of the California tech company, they built a virtual version of a facility inside the ...