Industrial Metaverse for Smart Manufacturing: Model, Architecture, and Applications

Smart manufacturing has been transforming toward industrial digitalization integrated with various advanced technologies. Metaverse has been evolving as a next-generation paradigm of a digital space extended and augmented by reality. In the metaverse, users are interconnected for various virtual act...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on cybernetics 2024-05, Vol.54 (5), p.2683-2695
Main Authors: Ren, Lei, Dong, Jiabao, Zhang, Lin, Laili, Yuanjun, Wang, Xiaokang, Qi, Yue, Li, Bo Hu, Wang, Lihui, Yang, Laurence T., Deen, M. Jamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical models
Artificial intelligence
Cloud manufacturing
Collaboration
cyber-physical-social system
digital twin (DT)
Digitization
industrial big model
industrial metaverse
Manufacturing
Metaverse
Product life cycle
Production
Smart manufacturing
Spatiotemporal phenomena
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Summary:Smart manufacturing has been transforming toward industrial digitalization integrated with various advanced technologies. Metaverse has been evolving as a next-generation paradigm of a digital space extended and augmented by reality. In the metaverse, users are interconnected for various virtual activities. In consideration of advanced possibilities that may be brought by the metaverse, it is envisioned that industrial metaverse should be integrated into smart manufacturing to upgrade industry for more visible, intelligent and efficient production in the future. Therefore, a conceptual model, named IMverse Model, and novel characteristics of the industrial metaverse for smart manufacturing are proposed in this article. Besides, an industrial metaverse architecture, named IMverse Architecture, is proposed involving several key enabling technologies. Typical innovative applications of the industrial metaverse throughout the whole product life cycle for smart manufacturing are presented with insights. Nonetheless, in prospect of future, the industrial metaverse still faces limitations and is far from implementation. Thus, challenges and open issues of the industrial metaverse for smart manufacturing are discussed, then outlook is provided for further research and application.
ISSN:2168-2267
2168-2275
DOI:10.1109/TCYB.2024.3372591