Claudio Colangeli
TUTORIAL
XR as part of the everyday in engineering
Claudio Colangeli
Siemens Industry Software
ABSTRACT
The keynote will discuss the transformative potential of Extended Reality (XR) technologies in shaping the "Industrial Metaverse": a virtual realm where digital twins create interactive and immersive experiences. The Industrial Metaverse is characterized by digital twins, software-defined automation, physical knowledge, data and AI. The term XR covers mixed reality, holographic visualization, and virtual and augmented reality, offering real-time interactions in digital environments. Despite its promising future, the current use of XR in engineering remains largely demonstrative, with limited integration into daily practices. This presentation aims to explore both the barriers and the disruptive possibilities that could propel XR into routine engineering processes. As companies experience global industrial changes, the demand for sustainable, shorter product lifecycles grows. This drives the digitalization of innovation processes, where digital twin and XR technologies play a pivotal role in facilitating efficient, zero-prototype development. As pioneer of the digital revolution, Siemens join forces with key partners to advance AI-driven digital twin and immersive technologies. The presentation will showcase selected examples from simulation and testing applications across fields such as aerodynamics, acoustics, and structural dynamics. These will exhibit the limitations hindering XR's full potential and highlight disruptive aspects that could lead to the development of the industrial metaverse paradigm, letting XR become integral to everyday engineering practices.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Claudio Colangeli is currently employed at Siemens Industry Software in Leuven (Belgium). He is working as Research Engineering Manager for the IoT and Artificial Intelligence research team dealing with experimental applications in mechatronics and transportation industry. After obtaining a PhD degree in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy) in 2017, his career in industry continues at Siemens with the role of technical expert in acoustics with focus on virtual environments for subjective and objective assessment of noise and vibrations perception. Over the years, he expands his research focus towards digital twins and IoT-based technologies, currently including processing automation and data-centric AI.
