AI-enabled digital twins combine high-fidelity virtual replicas of physical assets with machine learning and sensing technologies to monitor condition, predict failures, and support operational decision-making. Applications span bridges, railways, nuclear reactors, wind turbines, manufacturing equipment, and urban infrastructure, integrating structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, and high-resolution imaging. Data-driven models enable real-time fault diagnosis, risk-informed maintenance, and optimization of performance, often incorporating robotics, remote sensing, and time-series domain adaptation for robust, continuous infrastructure management.
Robotics
AI-powered robots are set to track across thousands of kilometers of baked, uneven ground, reducing the danger for maintenance workers on Australia's large-scale solar farms. A successful trial by CSIRO, Australia's national ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Buildings are one of the largest contributors to global energy consumption. In 2025, they accounted for around 30% of total global energy demand, 70% of which came from residential buildings. But as cities grow and standards ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Engineering
A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a team of Rutgers students are proposing a means to defend manufacturers from cyberattacks—and ensure the uninterrupted production of mission-critical national security ...
Mar 20, 2026
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Security
Modern energy infrastructure is increasingly defined as cyber-physical systems where physical power distribution and digital communication are closely tied together. While this digitalization boosts efficiency, it exposes ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Engineering
Do you want to know how much noise there is on a construction site? You want to measure the sound of the excavator or the hammer drill, but you don't want to measure seagulls, traffic noise or a helicopter flying by. Now ...
Mar 12, 2026
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Engineering
Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending method to decrease hazardous strikes to underground utility pipes during construction projects. This could lower related financial losses, service disruptions, injuries ...
Mar 5, 2026
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Engineering
A University of Houston engineer has developed a method to detect possible damage in concealed cold-formed steel construction framing materials hidden behind walls, without having to tear the walls open. The new technology ...
Mar 5, 2026
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Robotics
Around 60% of Canadian employees can expect their job to be transformed through artificial intelligence (AI). For many, AI will complement, rather than replace, their work. For some, it could prevent illness, injury or death.
Mar 4, 2026
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Engineering
What if a construction project could rewrite its own schedule the moment a problem appears? A new peer-reviewed study from the University of East London (UEL) suggests that artificial intelligence could make this possible—detecting ...
Mar 3, 2026
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Engineering
Industrial quality inspection plays a critical role in manufacturing, from ensuring the reliability of electronics and vehicles to preventing costly failures in aerospace and energy systems. Traditional vision-based inspection ...
Feb 24, 2026
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