Towards Alternatives for Agent Based Control in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Hoffman, Kobus; Basson, Anton; Roux, Adriana

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02054-9_40

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“…Most of the research on the control system reconfiguration addresses reconfiguration at the highest control layers, focusing on self-reconfiguration intelligence of the whole control system. But industry practice places greater emphasis on reducing the control design cost and provision for more moderate levels of reconfiguration [10]. Following, related work making use of novel technologies in the manufacturing field, such as multiagent systems (MAS), ontologies, model-driven engineering (MDE), or service-oriented architecture (SOA), are analyzed.…”

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Methodological Approach for Developing Reconfigurable Automation Systems

Sarachaga

Burgos

Álvarez

et al. 2020

IEEE Trans. Ind. Inf.

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One challenge for the designers of the current industrial control systems consists of assuring the system reconfiguration at runtime, envisaged at system design time. This article focuses specifically on the fault tolerance to controller failures (as it is the most complex challenge) aiming at redistributing the responsibilities at runtime in order to finish the current production plan. Its applicability is illustrated by means of a case study that consists of a reconfigurable control application based on the IEC 61131-3 for a flexible assembly cell. A prototype software tool guides the developer during the development process. This approach contributes to develop more flexible control systems because they can react in case of a controller failure, to increase the system availability during its operation and to reduce the production downtimes to perform the maintenance tasks.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Methodological Approach for Developing Reconfigurable Automation Systems

Sarachaga

Burgos

Álvarez

et al. 2020

IEEE Trans. Ind. Inf.

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“…-Agent-orientated techniques for manufacturing systems (Hoffman et al, 2014). -Software agents for real-time control of manufacturing systems (Hegny et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%