Publication
The MOSIM Framework: Simulating Smart Workers in the Industrial Metaverse
Janis Sprenger; André Antakli; Klaus Fischer
In: 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS). IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS-2025), Pages 1-8, IEEE, 2025.
Abstract
Several applications in Industry 4.0 (worker training, navigation planning, synthetic data generation, etc.) require the simulation of smart workers in a 3D environment or Industrial Metaverse. Digital twin technology has primarily focused on the simulation and integration of technical components, and the resulting frameworks and approaches are insufficient for worker simulation in a geometrical sense. In this work, we present how smart workers can be simulated with the MOSIM Framework, a distributed modular framework for simulating human agent motions and behavior in a digital reality. It can simulate the behavior of smart workers, their interaction with the environment and objects, and the corresponding movements. It is integrated into several 3D engines and can exchange information with other simulation components inside an Industrial Metaverse. The approach was applied for final assembly tasks and is available as an open-source project.