Sim2Real in Robotics and Automation: Applications and Challenges

To Perform reliably and consistently over sustained periods of time, large-scale automation critically relies on computer simulation. Simulation allows us supervisory AI to effectively design, validate, continuously improve complex processes, helps practitioners gain insight into the operation justify future investments. While numerous successful applications simulation in industry exist, such as circuit simulation, finite element methods, computeraided design (CAD), state-of-the-art simulators fall short accurately modeling physical phenomena, friction, impact, deformation.