Fleet control
From research to practice: a 3D twin for warehouse management
Real transparency in warehouses and production halls can only be achieved with digital maps that record and display the locations of objects and areas using a digital twin - in real time.
This solution becomes economically interesting if the necessary data is collected automatically and "incidentally", so to speak. The Aribic research project, which has now been completed, investigated the question of how such an automated process for status and data collection can be implemented.
Dennis Schüthe, project manager at Still, knows the solution: "We collected the data required for the digital twin via a sensor setup in the industrial trucks that 'simulated' the sensors that will be integrated in the future. This data is then combined into a digital representation of the environment, transferred to the cloud and enriched with semantic information. There, the inventory can be compared with the warehouse management system and discrepancies can be identified automatically."
Real-time display helps with optimization
This enriched map provides live information about the warehouse, as the industrial trucks are constantly moving and updating the map in real time. This creates a "living", digital 3D twin. For companies, the real-time display of their warehouse is an important key to optimizing their warehouse processes. "In addition to the transparent localization of driverless and manual transport systems, the optimization of routes and warehouse structures is an elementary added value of a digital twin. There are also options for real-time inventory and automated material orders thanks to a link with the goods management system. Safety in the warehouse is also significantly increased by detecting defective infrastructure or blocked emergency exits in the 3D map," explains Dennis Schüthe.
Next year, Still will start to implement the research results in practical products, initially with proof-of-concept installations in real environments.
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