Research Article

Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0

Volume: 5 Number: 1 June 30, 2025
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Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0

Abstract

Predictive maintenance now heavily relies on digital twins and the Internet of Things (IoT), which allow industrial assets to be monitored and decisions made in real time. However, adding human components to conventional optimization processes creates new difficulties as Industry 5.0 moves toward human-centric systems. Existing frameworks frequently disregard human preferences, intuition, and safety considerations, which makes human operators distrustful and unwilling to accept them. To enable predictive maintenance, this paper presents a novel multi-objective optimization framework that incorporates human feedback into IoT-driven digital twins. The framework uses an enhanced particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to reconcile competing goals, including maintaining operator safety, optimizing asset reliability, and minimizing maintenance costs. Furthermore, maintenance tasks are adaptively scheduled using built-in reinforcement learning (RL) and optimized model parameters are fine-tuned for improved predictive accuracy using Bayesian optimization. The latter is based on real-time operational data. In addition to promoting a safer working environment, the suggested approach shows a significant reduction in unplanned downtime and maintenance costs. This research contributes to the development of more resilient, adaptive, and collaborative industrial systems by aligning with the human-centric principles of Industry 5.0. The proposed model was tested using the maintenance duration and achieved an improvement of 10 to 100 hours. The model was further compared with the PSO algorithm, demonstrating its superiority with a 7.5% reduction in total maintenance cost and a 6.3% decrease in total downtime. These improvements contribute to enhanced operational efficiency and better human-machine collaboration by minimizing unnecessary interventions and optimizing resource allocation.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Innovation Management

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

March 21, 2025

Publication Date

June 30, 2025

Submission Date

December 5, 2024

Acceptance Date

March 20, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 5 Number: 1

APA
Sabuncu, Ö., & Bilgehan, B. (2025). Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0. Journal of Metaverse, 5(1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.57019/jmv.1596909
AMA
1.Sabuncu Ö, Bilgehan B. Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0. JMv. 2025;5(1):64-72. doi:10.57019/jmv.1596909
Chicago
Sabuncu, Özlem, and Bülent Bilgehan. 2025. “Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0”. Journal of Metaverse 5 (1): 64-72. https://doi.org/10.57019/jmv.1596909.
EndNote
Sabuncu Ö, Bilgehan B (June 1, 2025) Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0. Journal of Metaverse 5 1 64–72.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Sabuncu and B. Bilgehan, “Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0”, JMv, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 64–72, June 2025, doi: 10.57019/jmv.1596909.
ISNAD
Sabuncu, Özlem - Bilgehan, Bülent. “Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0”. Journal of Metaverse 5/1 (June 1, 2025): 64-72. https://doi.org/10.57019/jmv.1596909.
JAMA
1.Sabuncu Ö, Bilgehan B. Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0. JMv. 2025;5:64–72.
MLA
Sabuncu, Özlem, and Bülent Bilgehan. “Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0”. Journal of Metaverse, vol. 5, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 64-72, doi:10.57019/jmv.1596909.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Sabuncu, Bülent Bilgehan. Human-Centric IoT-Driven Digital Twins in Predictive Maintenance for Optimizing Industry 5.0. JMv. 2025 Jun. 1;5(1):64-72. doi:10.57019/jmv.1596909

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