The Overview of Digital Twins in Industry 4.0: Managing the Whole Ecosystem

Abstract

Industry 4.0 aims in renewing processes using available technologies such as robots and other AI techniques implemented in IoT, drones, digital twins and clouds. This metamorphose impacts the whole industry ecosystems including people, information processing and business models. In this context, the accumulated knowledge and know-how can be reused but has also to evolve. This paper focus on the role of digital twins in transforming industrial ecosystems and discuss also the environmental impact.