DocumentCode :
2639961
Title :
A product handling technical architecture for multiagent-based mechatronic systems
Author :
Ribeiro, Luis ; Rocha, Andre ; Barata, Jose
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Eng. Electrotec., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
fYear :
2012
fDate :
25-28 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
4342
Lastpage :
4347
Abstract :
In recent years a set of production paradigms has emerged to circumvent pressing production challenges. In particular the ability of composing lower order components to form higher order entities with more complex functionalities and reuse them to build yet more complex system has been widely explored. However material handling aspects have been tackled independently of the control/reconfiguration architecture. Traditionally transport resources have been assumed passive and the organization of the production has been treated as a scheduling problems that often ignores disturbances in the transport system. This renders most of the scheduling approaches too theoretical to be applied in real production scenarios and has motivated researchers to pursuit alternative approaches to this sort of production organization problems. In this paper a technical agent-based architecture that integrates control/reconfiguration aspects with material handling is detailed. The architecture supports the simultaneous usage of conveyor and AGV-based material handling systems and the addition of production or material handling resources is handled in a transparent way through careful generic interaction design. Overall the proposed architecture can be applied to any mechatronic system favouring re-configuration and minimizing reprogramming.
Keywords :
conveyors; design engineering; mechatronics; multi-agent systems; organisational aspects; production engineering computing; scheduling; AGV-based material handling system; conveyor; generic interaction design; lower order component; multiagent-based mechatronic system; product handling technical architecture; production organization; production paradigm; reconfiguration architecture; scheduling problem; technical agent-based architecture; transport system;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
ISSN :
1553-572X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389190
Filename :
6389190
Link To Document :
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