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Process & Methodology

From Model to Shadow to Digital Twin

Today's model is a design instrument; tomorrow's is a mirror of a running machine. Kronos is explicit about the difference.

Kronos frames three stages of fidelity. The model is today's interactive, physics-grounded design instrument. A shadow would run alongside early hardware, fed by test data. A digital twin would mirror an operating machine in real time. The public 3D model is honest that it is stage one.

Not yet a twinThe interactive model is a schematic design tool. Calling it a 'digital twin' before hardware exists would overstate it — so Kronos does not.