Digital Twin Technology

15Digital Twin: Pros and Cons

Prakash J.

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

In this fast-moving world, technology is useful and of importance. The modern world requires technology and seeks more new technologies, which could help greatly in different industries. Prominently crucial and important industry like health, education, automotive, aviation, etc. always seeks such new technologies which can majorly help and benefit the whole industry where it will be used which is a known fact. Digital twin is a technology that can, to a great level, match the expectations of these industries, which always seeks new technology. It has pros which can help to meet and match the expectations of many industries. There are some cons also in this technology just like almost every technology. So this technology has some cons, which can be considered as potential areas for improving. In this chapter, digital twin technology is discussed and explained. Along with it, different pros and cons of digital twin are also discussed and explained. Also, some different sectors application-wise pros of digital twin are also discussed and an example of real-world application of digital twin technology is explained in this chapter.

Keywords: Digital twin, technology, pros, cons, digital twin technology, manufacturing, monitoring, real time

15.1 Introduction

In recent times, technology is used almost everywhere. From modern hi-tech sensor-based ...