Platform for industrial internet and digital twin focused education, research, and innovation: Ilmatar the overhead crane

The paper presents first experiences on an overhead crane platform targeted for university education, research, and innovation purposes. The main contributions feature a description of projects from the first year after the inauguration of the crane platform. To provide a basic perception on the potential of the platform, the paper presents the basic technical properties as well as opportunities and challenges of the crane platform. Digital Twin concept has been selected as a focus of the research activities on the platform. Hence, the paper reviews status of the term Digital Twin. Results describe experience-based observations on how university should manage an education, research, and innovation platform while collaborating with industry partners.