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Technology offensive: This is how digital twins save the German economy!
In a current report, the head of Fraunhofer IESE comments on the need for technology and digital twins for Germany's economy.
Technology offensive: This is how digital twins save the German economy!
In the current economic situation, the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) in Kaiserslautern sees that technology development in Germany is declining. According to his report, this is more than just a short-term economic downturn. He highlights the need to use technology to improve efficiency to address the challenges.
The leader, Prof. Dr. Lutz Liggesmeyer, sees great potential in the implementation of tailor-made language models for companies. These could enable faster and more effective software development, particularly through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve recurring standard problems. A central goal is an optimized division of labor between automation and software developers. However, Liggesmeyer points out that the accuracy of AI needs to be checked in order to avoid so-called hallucinations, in which untruths are used.
Digital twins as a solution?
Another point that Liggesmeyer addresses are digital twins – digital images of physical objects, processes or systems. These could be particularly useful in the automotive industry, robotics and control technology. The use of digital twins makes it possible to carry out tests with less effort and to better adapt products to customer needs.
One obstacle on the way to Industry 4.0 is that a lot of knowledge is stored in printed text such as manuals, which makes automation difficult. Therefore, digitizing this information is a first step towards better usability for automated processes.
The concept of digital twins includes not only the digital representation of physical assets, but also systems that collect real-time data and update models. These digital twin systems are capable of performing analysis, simulation and optimization, which in turn enables insight into and control of physical processes and assets, such as Fraunhofer IOSB describes. The modeling of products, machines and their components is done using digital tools that contain geometry, kinematics and logic data.
The implementation of these technologies could therefore represent a decisive step towards a more efficient and sustainable industry in Germany, which is of great importance for economic stability.