Automatic generation of field control strategies for supporting (re-)engineering of manufacturing systems

Compatibility and coalition formation: Towards the vision of an automatic synthesis of manufacturing system designs

“…A component being compatible with a process step must thus provide appropriate functionality that contains hardware functionality triggered by software functionality. A functionality description based on preconditions and effects was proposed in [10] and extended towards an interdisciplinary mechatronic description in [11]. These approaches must be extended in future work in order to enable the vision of an automatic synthesis of system designs.…”

“…Such a component model enabling the representation of components on different granularity and levels of abstraction was proposed in [12]. A possible approach to identifying the possible operation sequences based on a compositional component description using semantic technologies was proposed in [10]. The composition of the turning table and micro switches with the motor for turning the system clockwise and counterclockwise, as well as the cylinder for lifting and lowering the WP and the gripper for gripping and releasing must fulfill the required process steps transport WP to stamping position and transport WP to storing position.…”

“…Moreover, an agent's knowledge base contains the knowledge on its environment, capabilities as well as interaction points to neighboring agents. The knowledge-based agent can infer, which actions can be done and -by inferring from the knowledge on the environment and from neighboring agents -which actions shall be done [10]. Depositing the knowledge on a component within an agent's knowledge base, the agent can infer whether it fulfills the functionality needed for realizing the process.…”

“…For selfadaptation and reconfiguration, similarly to an automatic design synthesis, agents must be able to infer their capabilities, i.e. what can be done in general and what shall be done in a specific situation [10]. MAS are increasingly applied for ensuring a dependable process control, e.g.…”

Integration of distributed hybrid multi-agent systems into an industrial IT environment: Improving interconnectivity of industrial IT systems to the shop floor

“…distributed and responsive short term error handling like sensor fault compensation [2], with those of non-real time capable MAS, e.g. plant flexibility through easy reconfiguration [3].…”