India, March 17 -- Ericsson, Volvo Group and Bharti Airtel have teamed up to explore extended reality (XR), digital twins and AI in manufacturing.

The partnership will look to leverage 5G and 5G Advanced to enhance industrial operations, workforce training and real time process optimisation.

Airtel's 5G Advanced network will support real-time simulations, design prototyping and immersive training. The project will also test new manufacturing concepts without disrupting operations.

Meanwhile, the research will be conducted at Volvo Group's factory and R&D centre in Bengaluru. It will focus on Industrial Metaverse applications, enabling seamless human-machine collaboration by merging physical and digital environments.

"It will explore f...