Accenture introduced “Physical AI Orchestrator,” a technology to assist manufacturers in reimagining their current and future factories and warehouses so they are software-defined.
Accenture introduced “Physical AI Orchestrator,” a technology to assist manufacturers in reimagining their current and future factories and warehouses so they are software-defined.
The cloud-based solution integrates NVIDIA Metropolis, AI agents from Accenture’s AI RefineryTM platform, and NVIDIA Omniverse, including the “Mega” NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint.
Virtual copies in a software-defined facility mimic the actual automated plant or warehouse and its apparatus. These real-time digital twins identify problems and simulate the effects of possible process modifications using precise physics.
The physical plant can then adjust to shifting demand, quality, or timing thanks to AI agents’ conversion of the observations into precise commands. Manufacturers may create live digital twins of planned and actual physical assets, such as conveyors, industrial and mobile robots, shop floor and warehouse layouts, and link them to their physical counterparts using Accenture’s Physical AI Orchestrator.
For instance, a solution for worker safety in factories and warehouses has been developed by Belden, a provider of network and data solutions. It created a virtual safety fence solution using Physical AI Orchestrator to surround robots with safety zones without interfering with ongoing activities.
The robots are automatically stopped or redirected if a human approaches the area. With centimeter-level fidelity, the system employs edge AI to identify and simulate worker, vehicle, and robot motions as well as equipment pathways inside buildings.
The virtual safety fence, which has been trained on a variety of hypothetical situations, including unexpected forklift reversals, is anticipated to be initially implemented by an automaker to improve pedestrian safety in warehouse settings.
“Physical AI Orchestrator acts as a brain for a physical space,”
said Prasad Satyavolu, Americas Lead of Accenture’s Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Service, Industry X.
“Powered by NVIDIA Omniverse technologies and Accenture AI Refinery, it is designed to enable software-defined factories and to make agentic AI and physical AI part of the fabric of manufacturing. We are already seeing it provide quick and lasting benefits to our clients across the globe. This is particularly relevant to companies in the US, where manufacturing reinvention is a prerequisite for reindustrialization.”
