World models are particularly important in the fields of artificial intelligence, automation and Industry 4.0. A world model is a digital image of the real world that is used by computers to understand relationships, make predictions or act autonomously.
Imagine a navigation system in your car: It uses a map of the environment and lots of real-time data to calculate the best route. Similarly, world models use many different sources of information - for example sensor data, images or texts - to build a comprehensive picture of the environment or a process.
In industry, world models help to control production lines more efficiently or enable machines to recognise problems independently. In artificial intelligence, they form the basis for robots or programmes to make decisions as if they had their own "understanding" of the world.
World models are important because they help machines and systems to act flexibly, adaptively and with foresight. This enables companies to optimise processes, save costs and increase quality.
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