Integration of Digital Twins & Internet of Things

Abstract

With the raise of Internet of Things (IoT), the Digital Twin (DT) concept came across newfound lifeblood. The rapidly growing volume and breadth of data that can be captured, processed and forwarded by the smart devices through IoT-related technology, indeed, represent a key enabling factor for making DTs finally ready for prime time, beyond the bounded confines of manufacturing domain. Conversely, the value that DTs add to the management, development and commercialization of IoT systems can have a disruptive impact in the whole ICT landscape of the next few years, further bridging the physical-virtual divide. Such, promising yet challenging, synergy is the topic of this Chapter, in which both conceptual and practical solutions for the integration between DT and IoT are presented as well as the state-of-the-art of main DT-aided IoT Platforms reviewed.