Michigan stands up a digital twin center to simulate factory lines before robots deploy
sierracatalina · x · 2026-09-06
Michigan has set up a digital twin center for manufacturing: the production line is simulated end-to-end before robots are physically deployed, while humans keep the exception-handling path. Simulate-first-then-deploy reduces the cost of automation trial and error on factory lines.
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