Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Digital Twins for Smart Manufacturing and Predictive Maintenance
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, Smart Manufacturing, Predictive MaintenanceAbstract
The rapid evolution of Industry 4.0 has accelerated the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and advanced analytics into modern manufacturing ecosystems. Among these technologies, AI-enabled digital twins have emerged as a transformative paradigm for creating dynamic virtual representations of physical manufacturing assets, production lines, and operational environments. This research review examines the role of artificial intelligence-driven digital twin frameworks in enhancing smart manufacturing capabilities, particularly focusing on predictive maintenance, operational optimization, real-time decision-making, and system resilience. The study develops a conceptual framework by synthesizing existing research contributions related to AI architectures, secure computing infrastructures, predictive analytics, automation, and intelligent decision systems.
The methodology adopts a structured literature synthesis approach using the provided research works to analyze technological convergence between digital twins and AI-enabled industrial applications. The proposed framework evaluates major components including data acquisition, virtual modeling, machine learning-based prediction, intelligent maintenance scheduling, cybersecurity mechanisms, and autonomous decision support. Findings indicate that AI-enabled digital twins significantly improve equipment reliability, reduce unexpected failures, enhance resource utilization, and enable proactive manufacturing strategies. However, challenges related to interoperability, cybersecurity, computational complexity, data quality, and governance remain critical barriers to widespread industrial adoption. The research highlights that future manufacturing systems will increasingly depend on trustworthy, scalable, and adaptive digital twin architectures integrated with responsible AI practices.
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