

The factory is an identical 3D simulation of a BMW factory in Germany, where humans and robots perform various real-life tasks. The real factory is gigantic: it occupies 600,000 square feet, employs 57,000 people, contains tens of thousands of objects, thousands of materials, and produces hundreds of cars simultaneously. The digital factory is an exact copy of the real one.
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Now the engineers can easily test new solutions and make quick iterations. They can foresee the outcomes of their experiments before making any actual changes or moving a single screw. Most important, these experiments don't cause lengthy downtimes and high interruption expenses as they happen virtually, as though in a video game.
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To personify and diversify the workers, the designers used headshots from Generated Photos.