Industrial safety monitoring configuration using a digital twin

A method, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, a three-dimensional graphical representation of an industrial automation system based on a digital twin representing the industrial automation system;
• adding, by the system, one or more sensor objects representing respective one or more safety sensors to the graphical representation at specified locations and orientations within the graphical representation in accordance with input received via interaction with the graphical interface;
• recording, by the system, the specified locations and orientation in the digital twin based on the input;
• estimating, by the system based on an analysis of the specified locations and orientations of the one or more sensor objects and physical obstructions modeled by the digital twin, a level of multipath interference experienced by a safety sensor represented by a sensor object of the one or more sensor objects;
• and
• in response to determining that the level of multipath interference exceeds a defined threshold:
• estimating, by the system, a realignment of the sensor object that reduces the level of multipath interference, and
• generating, by the system, a recommendation to apply the realignment to the sensor object.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering a three-dimensional graphical representation of an industrial automation system based on a digital twin representing the industrial automation system;
• adding, in accordance with input received via interaction with the graphical representation, one or more sensor objects representing respective one or more safety sensors to the graphical representation at specified locations and orientations within the graphical representation;
• recording the specified locations and orientations in the digital twin based on the input;
• estimating, based on an analysis of the specified locations and orientations of the one or more sensor objects and physical obstructions modeled by the digital twin, a level of multipath interference experienced by a safety sensor represented by a sensor object of the one or more sensor objects;
• and
• in response to determining that the level of multipath interference exceeds a defined threshold:
• estimating a realignment of the sensor object that reduces the level of multipath interference, and
• generating a recommendation to apply the realignment to the sensor object.