Case Study: ASTRI accelerates smart manufacturing development with IBM Engineering Rhapsody

Ushering in Industry 4.0 with an agile approach to systems engineering

ASTRI wanted a more agile way to develop smart manufacturing equipment for Industry 4.0, but it needed to shorten development cycles, catch defects earlier, and handle customer requirements and design changes more effectively. To address this challenge, ASTRI worked with IBM and used IBM Engineering Rhapsody software to support model-based systems engineering and digital twin development.

IBM helped ASTRI implement a requirements-driven, model-based design approach that let engineers simulate and test a digital twin before moving to the physical system. The results included a 40% reduction in software-to-equipment integration time and a 30% decrease in development costs, helping ASTRI deliver award-winning smart equipment such as a collaborative mobile manipulator.

ASTRI

T. John Koo

Director