12 Jun 2023

Rockwell Automation and NVIDIA: Digital Twins Meet Industrial Automation

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  • Rockwell Automation
  • NVIDIA
  • Omniverse
  • Digital Twin
  • FactoryTalk
  • Simulation
  • Artificial Intelligence

Rockwell Automation announced a collaboration with NVIDIA aimed at bringing high-fidelity digital twin simulation, built on NVIDIA's Omniverse platform, into mainstream industrial automation workflows. The partnership connects Rockwell's FactoryTalk and Studio 5000 environments with Omniverse's real-time 3D simulation and AI tooling.

The practical goal is to let engineers validate PLC logic, robotic motion sequences, and entire production line layouts against a physics-accurate virtual model before a single cable is pulled on site — reducing commissioning risk and shortening time-to-production for new lines.

It also signals a broader shift: digital twin technology, once the preserve of automotive and aerospace giants with dedicated simulation teams, is becoming accessible to mid-sized manufacturers through standard automation vendor toolchains.

Virtual commissioning of this kind directly complements the simulation and test work IMSI already carries out before site installation — validating control logic against a model first continues to be one of the most effective ways to de-risk a commissioning programme.

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