Digital Twins

• Context (IE): Building of ‘Digital Twins’ of Indian cities is being suggested to solve the urban crisis.
• A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object, process, service, or environment.
• It is a real-time simulation of the object or system.
• It can be used to predict physical objects’ performance and identify potential problems to optimize its operation.
• Digital twins are created using sensors, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Digital Twins of Cities

• Digital twins of cities replicate urban areas, using data on roads, power, streetlights, water, sewage, and storm drains.
• Benefits of digital twins of cities are:
  • Improve urban planning: E.g., traffic flow, air quality, and energy consumption.
  • Efficient infrastructure management
  • Reduced environmental impact
  • Enhanced public services: E.g., healthcare, education, and transportation
  • Disaster preparedness