Digital Avatar Platform SDK for IIoT Model Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Domain experts and modeling experts face challenges in software development for creating unique and replicable implementation models in complex IIoT environments, as they may not possess the necessary software development skills.
Innovation Solution
A digital avatar platform with a software development kit (SDK) is developed, allowing domain experts and modeling experts to create and implement digital representations of physical devices and processes in IIoT environments with minimal programming effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If domain experts and modeling experts create digital representations manually without SDK support, then model customization flexibility is improved, but software development complexity and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The SDK acts as an intermediary layer between domain experts and the complex IIoT system. It provides pre-built tools, templates, and abstractions that simplify model creation while maintaining customization capability. The SDK mediates between the user's domain expertise and the technical complexity of digital twin implementation.
Solution Approach 2:
The SDK divides the complex model creation process into discrete, manageable components and functions. Each function handles a specific aspect of digital twin creation, allowing experts to build models by composing standardized building blocks rather than implementing everything from scratch.
2Adaptability or versatility
If domain experts and modeling experts develop custom software solutions, then implementation model uniqueness is improved, but development time and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The SDK provides pre-built functions, templates, and starter code that perform common digital twin tasks in advance. Experts can build upon these pre-prepared foundations rather than creating everything from scratch, significantly reducing development time while maintaining model uniqueness through customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The SDK is designed as a universal toolkit that can be applied across multiple industries and use cases. The same SDK provides the foundation for creating digital twins of diverse assets, from manufacturing equipment to industrial processes, eliminating the need to rewrite common functionality for each project.
3Ease of manufacture
If comprehensive software development tools are provided to domain experts, then model creation capability is improved, but system complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The SDK serves as an intermediary that translates complex IIoT requirements into user-friendly operations. It abstracts away the underlying system complexity while providing sufficient functionality for experts to create customized digital twins, bridging the gap between simplicity and capability.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods provide a platform for a digital avatar that represents a particular physical device or a process using one or more processors and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to implement the digital avatar. The digital avatar includes a system model for the particular physical device or the process configured to receive data and to process the data to model other parameters or behaviors of the particular physical device or process. The digital avatar includes a model calibration module configured to calibrate the system model during operation of the particular physical device or process to provide an up-to-date evergreen model that is customized for the particular physical device or process due to changes in characteristics of the particular physical device or the process.