Industrial AI and Digital Twins: Transforming Industries with NVIDIA Omniverse

Industrial AI, powered by digital twins and accelerated computing infrastructure, is rapidly reshaping how companies design, simulate, and optimize products and processes. A recent partnership between NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes is at the forefront of this revolution, bringing together virtual twin platforms, AI physics, and the NVIDIA Omniverse ecosystem to drive innovation and efficiency across diverse sectors.

The Rise of Digital Twins and Industrial AI

Digital twins – virtual replicas of real-world environments, facilities, and processes – are no longer a futuristic concept but a practical tool for streamlining operations and fostering innovation. These physically accurate simulations are becoming essential for training AI agents, autonomous vehicles, and robotic systems, ensuring their safe and reliable operation in the real world. Advancements in OpenUSD, rendering, neural reconstruction, and world foundation models are accelerating the creation of scalable digital twins.

NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes: A Strategic Partnership

The collaboration between NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes integrates Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Twin platforms with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, AI physics open models, and Omniverse libraries. This synergy empowers designers and engineers to leverage virtual twins and AI companions – trained on physics-based world models – to accelerate innovation, boost efficiency, and develop sustainable products. Specifically, Dassault Systèmes’ SIMULIA software now utilizes NVIDIA CUDA-X and AI physics libraries for AI-based virtual twin physics behavior, enabling accurate and instantaneous prediction of simulation outcomes.

AI Factories and Sovereign Cloud Deployment

NVIDIA is adopting Dassault Systèmes’ model-based systems engineering technologies to accelerate the design and deployment of gigawatt-scale AI factories. Conversely, Dassault Systèmes will deploy NVIDIA-powered AI factories on three continents through its OUTSCALE sovereign cloud, providing customers with secure AI workloads while maintaining data residency requirements.

Industry Applications: From Automotive to Food Science

The impact of this technology is already being felt across various industries:

• Automotive: Lucid Motors is combining simulation, AI physics, and digital twin technology with Dassault Systèmes’ tools to accelerate innovation in electric vehicles.
• Life Sciences: Scientists are utilizing virtual twins, science-validated world models, and the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform to expedite molecule and materials discovery, therapeutics design, and sustainable food development.
• Food Industry: The Bel Group is leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ technologies, supported by NVIDIA, to develop healthier and more sustainable food options. They are using industry world models to study food proteins, creating non-dairy alternatives to complement their existing cheese products.
• Industrial Automation: Omron is employing virtual twins and physical AI to design and deploy automation technology with greater confidence, advancing the shift towards digitally validated production.
• Aerospace: Researchers at Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research are using virtual twins and AI companions powered by Dassault Systèmes’ Industry World Models and NVIDIA Nemotron open models to accelerate the design, testing, and certification of aircraft.

Learning from the Real World: Physics-Based World Models

Dassault Systèmes’ physics-based Industry World Models are trained with extensive knowledge in fields like biology, physics, and material sciences. This allows for accurate simulations of real-world environments and scenarios, enabling teams to test industrial operations end-to-end – from supply chains to retail shelves – before implementing changes in the physical world. These models support workflows ranging from DNA sequencing to strengthening materials used in vehicle manufacturing.

NVIDIA GTC: Exploring the Future of Industrial AI

Further exploration of industrial and physical AI can be found at NVIDIA GTC, running March 16-19. The conference will feature a keynote from NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, hands-on sessions, customer stories, live demos, and dedicated sessions on OpenUSD for physical AI simulation. Dassault Systèmes will as well be present, showcasing how virtual twins are shaping the next industrial revolution.