An agile manufacturing model based on autonomous agents
This chapter describes the implementation of an agile autonomous agent-based manufacturing system based on a set of cheap production machines placed in a grid. This grid contains production machines, represented by agents, capable to perform certain production steps and also an infrastructure for transporting the products to be made. Products to be made are also represented by agents. Many different products can be made in parallel, each product having its own sequence of production steps and its own path along the production machines. The whole manufacturing is based on interaction of autonomous agents living in a distributed environment. This chapter discusses the basic design considerations and includes a description of a simulation model of the transport system used during production. The chapter ends with a discussion of using agent technology during the whole life cycle of a product, where a life-cycle agent becomes the basis of Internet of Things technology.
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