Название: The Digital Twin of Humans: An Interdisciplinary Concept of Digital Working Environments in Industry 4.0
Автор: Iris Graßler, Gunter W. Maier, Eckhard Steffen
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2023
Страниц: 270
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 19.9 MB

Information and communication technology is penetrating all areas of daily life at a rapid pace in private and professional areas. These technologies enable companies to aggregate huge volumes of data. Collected personal data of employees creates the opportunity of a digital representation of the human being itself, that is conformant with the definition of a digital twin. These digital twins of humans include selected characteristics and behaviour of the humans, that are linked to models, information, and data. According to existing trend studies, the digital twin of humans is a technology that will have a significant impact on the economy, society, and people. It is important to consider the regulatory framework for the use of personal data and threats of misuse.

The necessary integration of human digital twins into the conception and description of digital working worlds in Industry 4.0 requires interdisciplinary research approaches, which are described in the chapters of this handbook. We introduce the topic and give a brief overview of this handbook, including short abstracts of the individual chapters.

For decades, digital technologies have been penetrating all areas of daily life at a rapid pace in both private and professional areas. These technologies enable companies to aggregate huge volumes of data. The increasing usage of digital technologies has led to fundamental changes in the world of work. For example, new forms of collaborative work are being created via digital platforms. Intelligent digital assistance systems support the execution of tasks. These systems are developed in a way that allows them to adapt to tasks and employees. The advanced and intelligent processing of data enables new opportunities, such as new business models, collaborative work, the improvement of current systems, and human-centred work design. Currently, the potential of data analysis and data treatment has not yet been fully realised. Many experts predict that the concept of the digital twin has great potential in the context of digital transformation. Digital twins are digital representations of product instances, product-service systems, and human beings, and they are based on the use of cyber-physical systems. Such systems perceive their environment via suitable sensors. By linking the physical world with the digital world, new types of analyses of existing systems and the prediction of the future behaviour of such systems are possible. This means that measures can be taken at an early stage to improve a system. Existing applications show that the use of the digital twins of technical systems has advantages. Within the condition monitoring and assessment of production systems, for example, the digital twin is used for condition assessment. This allows weaknesses to be detected at an early stage, and it allows failures to be avoided.