UWM engineering graduate students Asif Al Zubayer Swapnil (left, mechanical engineering) and Shamar Rhadre Webster (right, computer science) staffed UWM’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) booth at the 31st annual Rockwell Automation Fair in Chicago Nov. 16-17, an event that showcased the value of connecting enterprises end-to-end to deliver data-fueled insights.
UWM’s booth was featured prominently within Rockwell’s Digital Workforce area at an event that attracted more than 10,000 visitors.
The UWM team created a live stream and digital twin of the CSI testbed for demonstrations to a crowd that included technology professionals, industrial automation leaders, current and potential industry partners, employees of other academic institutions, and students.
Swapnil says visitors were very interested in how CSI uses a complete industrial manufacturing system (consisting of SAP, PLEX MES, and an advanced manufacturing testbed hosted in a fully featured industrial network) to help students learn how industry 4.0 technologies work. Visitors were also interested in using digital twin technology for teaching in classrooms.
