What is a Digital Twin?
A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset—synchronized in real-time with its real-world counterpart. It captures geometry, kinematics, sensor configurations, and behavioral models so teams can visualize, simulate, and control physical systems from anywhere. Unlike static 3D models, digital twins are alive: they reflect the current state of the physical asset and can receive commands that affect the real world.
Anatomy of a Digital Twin
Living Synchronization
Digital twins maintain bidirectional synchronization with physical assets. Telemetry flows from the real world to update the virtual state, while commands flow from operators and autonomous systems to control the physical asset.
Continuous Synchronization
- Joint positions & velocities
- Sensor readings (camera, LiDAR, force)
- System health & diagnostics
- Task status & events
- Motion commands & trajectories
- Configuration updates
- Firmware & policy deployments
- Mission assignments
From CAD to Deployed Twin
Cyberwave's asset pipeline ingests standard formats and produces simulation-ready twins without manual conversion. Upload once, deploy anywhere.
Asset Pipeline
Twins in the Catalog
The Cyberwave catalog contains pre-built twins for common robots, sensors, and equipment. Drag them into your environment and they're ready to use—kinematics, sensors, and control interfaces included.
Example Twins from Catalog
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Simulation Powers
Digital twins unlock powerful simulation capabilities—from physics-accurate testing to massively parallel RL training environments.
Simulation Capabilities
Rigid body dynamics, collisions, friction, and contact forces
Synthetic camera, LiDAR, depth, and IMU data generation
Speed up, slow down, pause, and step through simulations
Run parallel simulations with different conditions
Capture and replay simulation runs for analysis
Thousands of parallel environments for RL training
Why Digital Twins Matter
- ✗Test on real hardware onlyRisk of damage, limited iterations
- ✗Manual commissioningWeeks of on-site configuration
- ✗No visibility when remoteWait for reports or travel on-site
- ✗Sequential workflowsDesign, build, test in series
- Validate in simulation firstUnlimited safe iterations
- Pre-configured deploymentsDeploy tested configurations instantly
- Real-time visibility everywhereMonitor and control from any location
- Parallel developmentTeams work simultaneously on virtual assets
See Digital Twins in Action
Explore how organizations use digital twins for construction monitoring, reality capture, and simulation-first development.