Virtual reality for manufacturing systems

• Main Author: Ng, Brenda Xin En
• Other Authors: Arvind Easwaran
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153221
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Twin-In-The-Loop Architecture (TiLA) was designed as a digital twin solution aimed to achieve true scalability through interconnecting different levels of modelling abstraction. It featured a case study for fault monitoring and analysis that demonstrated the use of digital twin models such as the Two Link Planar robot model written in Modelica language. The TiLA architecture proved that digital twins can be created from heterogenous models with the Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous (GALS) model of computation (MoC). However, TiLA did not provide a visualization tool for the user to observe processes within the production system. In this project, a plugin application was designed to facilitate the usage of FMUs in Visual Components, as well as a production system layout for the simulation testing. The plugin allows the specification of input values for the FMU selected and generates the respective output file. The user will be able to attach the output file to the GenericRobot component within the layout to simulate the FMU.