Digital Twin

Digital Twin

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Digital twin of infrastructure

Valid, comprehensive and, above all, up-to-date measurement data is essential for the planning and development of cities and urban infrastructure. What condition are a city's bridges, buildings, tunnels or roads in? How can traffic routes, development work or entire construction areas be planned as efficiently and transparently as possible and how can construction progress be monitored? The most comprehensive database possible is needed to answer these complex questions. 

Digital twin of urban and transport infrastructure 

We develop multimodal sensor systems that record urban infrastructure in detail and with georeferencing. To do this, we use cameras and laser scanners installed on mobile platforms such as drones, special measuring vehicles or even on regularly circulating modes of transport. Depending on requirements, we combine other sensors such as thermal imaging cameras, sound level meters or lighting sensors. The digital measurement data - camera images and 3D point clouds - are processed in such a way that they can flow directly into geographic information systems (GIS). The long-term goal is a digital infrastructure twin as an optimal basis for planning and management.

Digital twin in logistics

Digital twins in logistics enable the representation of movements in logistical nodes. This is made possible by the use of sensors and the integration of external data. The validated database enables the development of action plans based on artificial intelligence. Various projects have shown that its use is particularly useful for sidings and shunting operations.