Digital Twins (KB-41)
Digital Twins are virtual versions of both living and non-living organisms and objects such as cells, plants, animals, humans and ecosystems, and inanimate objects such as food chains and supply chains. With Digital Twin projects, WUR strives to achieve significant scientific and societal breakthroughs in its domain.
Digital Twins can be used to describe, analyse and simulate processes and organisms through data-integration, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. This not only allows us to better understand, describe and analyse reality, it also enables us to predict the future of these objects more accurately.
Advantages of digital twins
One of the benefits of a digital twin in comparison to a traditional crop model is that the twin model is continuously updated according to the real-time, actual circumstances in the greenhouse. Thus, the model’s accuracy is increased continuously.
WUR has found Digital Twin Projects that could realise vast societal breakthroughs in WUR's domains. Collaboration is an important theme in this investment programme, especially since multidisciplinary knowledge is crucial in order to achieve a successful Digital Twin.
WUR made available about 1.2 million for each project. Their lead time of these projects is 3 years.
Start 3 digital twin projects
Wageningen University & Research has launched its first 3 digital twin projects in January 2020:
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Virtual tomato crops
Jochem Evers and his team are developing a digital twin of a tomato crop in a greenhouse: a 3D simulation model that is fed in real-time with sensor... -
Me, my diet and I
Lydia Afman and her multidisciplinary team are building a personalised digital twin to predict the rise in blood sugar (glucose), but especially the...
News
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AGROS project enters exciting phase: applying autonomous control in cucumbers
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) business unit Greenhouse Horticulture recently planted three cucumber crops as part of the AGROS project.... -
Digital Twin for water management
- A new project, called ‘Digital Twin for Water Management, has been initiated to build a Digital Twin for water management by Dutch water boards.... -
Forecasting with digital doppelgängers
- Digital twins are dynamic models that keep in touch with reality. Wageningen develops models that know exactly what needs to happen on the farm, what... -
WUR invests heavily in artificial intelligence
- WUR will invest heavily in data sciences and artificial intelligence (AI) over the next five years. WUR will recruit three additional professors, six...