Festo Collaborates with NVIDIA and ABB to Develop Digital Twins for Physical AI
Frontier AI models · Enterprise AI · Smart operations
Festo announced it is leveraging NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac Sim technologies to develop high-fidelity digital twins for physical AI. In collaboration with ABB Robotics, the initiative connects Festo handling systems with ABB RobotStudio to enable realistic virtual commissioning and simulation.
Festo is adopting NVIDIA simulation frameworks, including NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Omniverse libraries, to expand its hardware digital twins and simulation models. The goal is to provide realistic physics-based models that allow machine builders to evaluate concepts and resolve integration issues before physical deployment. To validate model quality, Festo plans to compare internal laboratory measurements against Isaac Sim results under defined operating conditions. Additionally, Festo and ABB Robotics are integrating digital twins of a three-axis Festo handling system with ABB RobotStudio using the RobotStudio HyperReality extension, enabling photorealistic simulation and virtual testing with ABB Virtual Controller software.
Key takeaways
- Festo integrates NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Omniverse libraries to expand simulation models with motion behavior and application properties.
- Festo plans to benchmark laboratory hardware measurements against Isaac Sim simulation outputs to calibrate digital twin accuracy.
- A joint project with ABB Robotics combines Festo three-axis handling digital twins with ABB RobotStudio and the HyperReality extension for virtual commissioning.
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