%0 Journal Article %1 MuellerVetteEtAl16matec %A Müller, Rainer %A Vette, Matthias %A Hörauf, Leenhard %A Speicher, Christoph %A Jatti, Kruttika %D 2016 %J MATEC Web of Conferences %K 01624 paper embedded ai factory engineering software optimize zzz.cps zzz.sfit zzz.sfit.tp11 %P 04003:1--04003:4 %R 10.1051/matecconf/20164204003 %T Concept and Implementation of an Agent-based Control Architecture for a Cyber-physical Assembly System %V 42 %X Today's production companies are challenged with: the assembly of different product variants with lot size of one on a single assembly line and the increase of product variants. The implementation of reconfigurable assembly systems with a modular design is a solution, which allows a flexible adaptation to different product variants. However, handling different assembly modules via specific communication protocols is limited by the current centralized control concepts. Therefore, this paper presents a concept for an agent-based control architecture. This concept uses coherent information starting from the planning process of the assembly system until the system is put into operation allowing a decentralized control. The decentralized agents in each station act as mediators between the modules and the assembly memory database enabling the product autonomous control throughout the assembly system. Moreover, the agent manages the data transfer for the modules with different specific syntaxes via respective communication protocols since a standardized communication protocol does not exist in industry. The concept is verified in a test assembly line for the production of small electronic components.

@article{MuellerVetteEtAl16matec, abstract = {Today's production companies are challenged with: the assembly of different product variants with lot size of one on a single assembly line and the increase of product variants. The implementation of reconfigurable assembly systems with a modular design is a solution, which allows a flexible adaptation to different product variants. However, handling different assembly modules via specific communication protocols is limited by the current centralized control concepts. Therefore, this paper presents a concept for an agent-based control architecture. This concept uses coherent information starting from the planning process of the assembly system until the system is put into operation allowing a decentralized control. The decentralized agents in each station act as mediators between the modules and the assembly memory database enabling the product autonomous control throughout the assembly system. Moreover, the agent manages the data transfer for the modules with different specific syntaxes via respective communication protocols since a standardized communication protocol does not exist in industry. The concept is verified in a test assembly line for the production of small electronic components.}, added-at = {2016-04-06T11:15:51.000+0200}, author = {M\"{u}ller, Rainer and Vette, Matthias and H\"{o}rauf, Leenhard and Speicher, Christoph and Jatti, Kruttika}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/214e2641840bd1eff65723581052f63a1/flint63}, description = {3rd International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA 2015), Barcelona, Spain}, doi = {10.1051/matecconf/20164204003}, file = {MATEC Web of Conferences:2016/MuellerVetteEtAl16matec.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {6721bcbcc5219a7540b1d5d283f8328f}, intrahash = {14e2641840bd1eff65723581052f63a1}, issn = {2261-236X}, journal = {MATEC Web of Conferences}, keywords = {01624 paper embedded ai factory engineering software optimize zzz.cps zzz.sfit zzz.sfit.tp11}, pages = {04003:1--04003:4}, timestamp = {2017-07-13T17:20:13.000+0200}, title = {Concept and Implementation of an Agent-based Control Architecture for a Cyber-physical Assembly System}, username = {flint63}, volume = 42, year = 2016 }