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Empowering Digital Factories: Seamless Automation From Scan to Full-Element 3D Modeling and Spatial Calculation

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Unlocking the potential of unmanned factories, XGRIDS Digital Twin Solution deploys AMR technology and real-time 3D modeling for efficient logistics

In a certain unmanned factory in the southern China, more than 10 flexible automatic handling equipment such as AMR intelligent mobile robots and unmanned forklifts are operating in an orderly manner. Raw material processing, production line transportation, and finished product transfer are orderly. In the control room on the other side, the digital factory system displays the equipment attributes, operation trajectory, and operation status of unmanned equipment in real-time, and occasionally pops up task alarms to assist on-site personnel in real-time management...

Automated factory digital twin technology dashboard tracking AMR robots, task status and a live 3D plant model
Automated factory digital twin technology dashboard tracking AMR robots, task status and a live 3D plant model

In the process of intelligent and digital upgrading of manufacturing industry, automated factories have become the transformation direction of more and more enterprises. The application of AMR intelligent mobile robots and unmanned factories is becoming more and more extensive and complex, and also faces new challenges:

How to realize the mixed scheduling of different types of AMR and unmanned forklifts?

How to support the rapid deployment of large-scale AMR fleets in a single factory?

How to control the dynamics of unmanned factories in real time through digital systems and perform reverse control?

XGRIDS Digital Twin Solution for Unmanned Factories

During the 23rd China International Industry Expo XGRIDS and Jia Zhi Technology jointly launched the industrial logistics deployment & digital twin solution. By utilizing the 3D reconstruction software and hardware capabilities of its domain innovation Lixel L series scanner + spatial intelligent algorithm, it not only realizes the rapid deployment of heterogeneous AMR projects, but also provides customers with a scalable industrial logistics digital twin platform to help manufacturing customers achieve real-time visual tracking and management of production line logistics.

XGRIDS workflow pairing Lixel scanner data acquisition, LixelStudio processing and SaaS, driven by spatial intelligence
XGRIDS workflow pairing Lixel scanner data acquisition, LixelStudio processing and SaaS, driven by spatial intelligence

Core Capabilities: Reality Modeling, AMR Tracking and Logistics Visualization

  • Rapid all-element reality modeling of factories

By using the true color point cloud collected by Lixel L1/L2 scanner, real-time 3D spatial models of objects such as factories and equipment are quickly generated through collection and modeling. The fusion and stitching of heterogeneous AMR maps greatly accelerates the landing of heterogeneous AMR mixed-field projects.

Side-by-side panoramic photo and point cloud with scan trajectory captured by SLAM technology inside a factory
Side-by-side panoramic photo and point cloud with scan trajectory captured by SLAM technology inside a factory

Top-down colored point cloud of a full factory floor reconstructed from Lixel L series scanning
Top-down colored point cloud of a full factory floor reconstructed from Lixel L series scanning
Rendered 3D model of a factory interior layout with production lines and equipment for 3d modeling for construction
Rendered 3D model of a factory interior layout with production lines and equipment for 3d modeling for construction

  • Real-time tracking of AMR fleet movements and reverse control

In the three-dimensional digital space, real-time synchronization of AMR fleet equipment attributes, operating trajectories, operating status and other data provides autonomous driving navigation for the fleet and regulates the operation of the fleet.

Walkthrough view of the factory reconstructed from colored 3D point clouds and mesh models
Walkthrough view of the factory reconstructed from colored 3D point clouds and mesh models
Rendered 3D model of warehouse racking and autonomous mobile robots representing facilities and materials
Rendered 3D model of warehouse racking and autonomous mobile robots representing facilities and materials

  • Whole plant logistics data visualization

By deploying mobile robots and digital factory maps,  AMR data and business information are connected to achieve visualization of factory logistics data.

Automated factory control dashboard visualizing AMR fleet status and logistics data for real-time management
Automated factory control dashboard visualizing AMR fleet status and logistics data for real-time management

Why the Lixel Solution: Three Advantages

Compared with traditional digital factory system construction, Lixel solution has three outstanding advantages.

One is efficient real scene modeling.

Color 3D point cloud and Mesh models generated automatically provide the basis for structural and mapping data for modeling, allowing modeling engineers to easily grasp spatial and positioning information. The image-point cloud comparison function provided by LixelStudio allows modeling engineers and designers to refer to point cloud and panoramic image data at the same time, greatly improving all-element modeling work efficiency. The project cycle that originally required 45-60 days has been greatly shortened to 7 days.

  • The second is real-time real-time mapping.

Lixel solution focuses on creating a real-life digital three-dimensional space, and at the same time, by accessing real-time data from AMR fleets and factory facilities, it maps in real-time with the operating status of the real factory.

  • The third is flexible expansion capability.

Based on the all-element real-life 3D factory, the management can access expansion modules that combine virtual and real, such as remote collaboration, virtual training, pre-planning, and XR roaming. This digital twin factory system can also achieve functions such as collecting and visualizing production line equipment status information, production line anomaly and safety monitoring, and AR/VR virtual factory roaming. XGRIDS will continue to combine spatial intelligence technology with industrial digitalization trends to provide more complete and advanced 3D solutions.

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