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A. Gaal, K. Hofer, T. Ryback, L. Lingitz, W. Sihn:
"An agent-based approach to planning and controlling adaptable cell-oriented assembly systems";
Procedia CIRP, 93 (2020), 1158 - 1163.

In today´s production environment, change is an integral part of all aspects of production planning and control. Adaptable cell-oriented assembly systems can be equally efficient as conventional assembly lines. While, the former provides significantly more flexibility, contributing to the inevitable transition to more productive and variant-oriented assembly. This paper presents a novel concept for planning and controlling of modular and adaptable assembly systems. The approach utilizes an agent-based simulation model designed by embedding and orchestrating intelligence into assembly modules such as products, workstations, materials and tools. As a result, this leads to higher autonomy in communication among all system entities and allows more configuration possibilities and greater flexibility in the control of assembly flows and system performance, respectively.

adaptable cell-oriented assembly; agent-based simulation; cyber-physical assembly system; distributed multi-agent systems

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.04.064