Digital Twins in intensive aquaculture — Challenges, opportunities and future prospects

• DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2024.108676
• Publication Date: 2024-02-01T21:38:59Z
• Authors: Martin Føre; Morten Omholt Alver; Jo Arve Alfredsen; Adil Rasheed; Thor Hukkelås; Hans V. Bjelland; Biao Su; Sveinung J. Ohrem; Eleni Kelasidi; Tomas Norton; Nikos Papandroulakis
• Keywords: Relevance

Digital Twin technology has emerged to become a key enabling in the ongoing transition into Industry 4.0. A is essence digital representation of an asset that provides better insight its dynamics by combining priori knowledge system through mathematical models with online data acquired from sensors and instruments deployed or at physical asset. While seeing increased use across several different industrial, governmental research sectors, scientific disciplines, application within aquaculture still infancy. However, due rapid development technological methods aquaculture, increasing number building blocks required make for purposes are becoming available. We set out explore these possibilities first defining — what components it should contain, how be constructed, outlining capability levels finished Twin. Our next step was then state-of-the-art technologies thereby identifying current foundation developing this sector. Following this, we developed concrete case studies elaborate upon existing new tools could envision Twins three areas high industrial relevance, namely oxygen conditions sea-cages, fish growth sea-cages in-cage robotics vehicle operations. In conclusion, present our thoughts on potential being component ushering 4.0 outline pathway way onward towards achieving goal.