IIT Goa signed\r\nMoA\r\n\r\nwith Siemens Industry Software Private Limited and CoreEL\r\nTechnologies Private Limited for Establishing Centre of Excellence on\r\n\r\nIndustrial Automation

A Memorandum of Agreement was signed by IIT Goa with Siemens Industry\r\nSoftware (India) Private Limited and CoreEL Technologies (I) Private Limited\r\non 17 th December 2020 at IIT Goa for establishment of a Centre of\r\nExcellence (CoE) on Industrial Automation covering (i) Product Design,\r\n(ii) Advanced Simulation, (iii) Digital Manufacturing and (iv) Robotics &\r\nAutomation. The actual cost of this centre is pegged at Rs. 48 crores which\r\nwill be quite unique to this region which will facilitate faculty and research\r\nscholars of IIT Goa to pursue high-end research in collaboration with\r\nSiemens to develop new technologies, products, and solutions. It will also\r\ngive a boost to our ongoing 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' program which is currently\r\nunderway in partnership with Goa Shipyard Limited (3\r\nGSL)

The Digital Twins facility of the product design package can be used to\r\nvirtually validate product performance. This will provide a virtual connection\r\nthat will allow us to analyze how a product would perform under various\r\nconditions and make adjustments in the virtual world to ensure that the next\r\nphysical product will perform exactly as planned in the field.

Additive manufacturing tools available in the package will facilitate to re-\r\nimagine products, and reinvent manufacturing and even rethink business\r\nmodels around various indigenous products.

The Advanced Simulation package will enable engineers to understand the\r\ndesign and functional aspects of mechatronic systems. We will aim to solve\r\nproblems involving noise, vibration, acoustics, durability, dynamics,\r\nperformance, and control. A production digital twin can help validate how\r\nwell a manufacturing process will work on the shop floor before producing it.\r\nBy simulating the process using a digital twin and analyzing why things are\r\nhappening using the digital thread, we hope to propose efficient production\r\nmethodologies.

The robotics and automation package will provide scope to optimize robotic\r\nand automated production systems using 3D robotic work cell design, and\r\nsimulation.

It is worth mentioning here that IIT Goa is involved in providing consulting\r\nservices for Goa Shipyards Limited (GSL) in several arears of R&D such as\r\nCondition Monitoring of ship lift system, CFD analysis of heli-landing area on\r\nship deck, etc. The proposed center will certainly provide an array of\r\nopportunities in realizing the R&D projects of marine industries including\r\nGSL.

Prof. B.K. Mishra, Director, IIT Goa is quite hopeful that the center will cater\r\nto the local industries by providing state of the art services and building\r\npartnerships to take automation to an entire new level. IIT Goa is looking\r\nforward to partner with industries toward innovation and cocreation.