{"id":126722,"date":"2025-05-13T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm-robot.com\/?p=126722"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T05:19:58","slug":"from-digital-twin-to-ai-deployment-volkswagen-techman-robot-and-nvidia-advance-smart-factory-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.tm-robot.com\/en\/from-digital-twin-to-ai-deployment-volkswagen-techman-robot-and-nvidia-advance-smart-factory-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"From Digital Twin to AI Deployment: Volkswagen, Techman Robot, and NVIDIA Advance Smart Factory Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"
At Volkswagen\u2019s Transparent Factory in Dresden, a new era of smart manufacturing is taking shape\u2014built on AI-driven robotics, digital twins, and synthetic data. This collaboration between Techman Robot, Gessmann, and NVIDIA demonstrates how next-generation automation can move from simulation to production with speed, precision, and intelligence.<\/p>\n
As manufacturers face growing demand for flexibility, speed, and cost-efficiency, digital transformation is no longer optional\u2014it\u2019s essential. In response, Techman Robot, a global leader in AI-powered collaborative robot, has partnered with German automation integrator Gessmann\u2014which also develops its own autonomous mobile robot (AMR)\u2014and technology innovator NVIDIA to bring advanced automation to life inside Volkswagen\u2019s Transparent Factory in Dresden.<\/p>\n Early Planning with Digital Twins<\/strong><\/p>\n Using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robot simulation framework, engineers developed high-fidelity digital twins of Techman Robot\u2019s AI collaborative arm (TM AI cobot) mounted on the GESSbot autonomous mobile robot. In the early planning phase, the team simulated workspace reach, robot motion, and cycle time\u2014allowing for accurate cost quoting and layout proposals before any hardware was installed. This significantly shortened planning cycles and reduced downstream integration risks.<\/p>\n Rapid Deployment with TMflow + Digital Robot<\/strong><\/p>\n Once the concept was validated in simulation, Techman Robot used its proprietary TMflow software to seamlessly bridge the gap from virtual planning to real-world deployment. A 1:1 digital replica of the robot system was built, requiring only minor adjustments before being commissioned on the factory floor.<\/p>\n TMflow supports both virtual and physical robot programming, enabling engineers to reduce commissioning time and switch smoothly between development, testing, and deployment\u2014delivering true Sim-to-Real execution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AI-Ready with Synthetic Data & Foundation Models<\/strong><\/p>\n To optimize AI model development, Techman Robot used Isaac Sim to generate realistic virtual factory environments\u2014simulating lighting, materials, and object interactions. These synthetic scenes serve as effective training data to enhance AI vision performance, reducing reliance on large volumes of real-world images.<\/p>\n Looking ahead, Techman Robot plans to explore NVIDIA Cosmos World Foundation Models to further improve model generalization and scene understanding. This would enable even more scalable and adaptive deployment of AI in complex production environments.<\/p>\n
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