In this work is proposed and development an agents based coordination and control strategy for automated production systems composed of collaborative (heterogeneous) manufacturing modules, this strategy will enable these systems to dynamic adapt to changes and disturbances of modern industrial...

In this work is proposed and development an agents based coordination and control strategy for automated production systems composed of collaborative (heterogeneous) manufacturing modules, this strategy will enable these systems to dynamic adapt to changes and disturbances of modern industrial environment. In order to validate the proposed strategy it will be projected a flexible manufacturing system configuration composed by: a hydraulic table, an articulated robot, a robotic hand as a grasping system, a mobile robot with manipulation capabilities and an artificial vision module. In the proposed coordination and control strategy is used an ADACOR holarchic architecture, within this architecture the projected holons (agents) can work either in an independent manner reaching local objectives or in an integrated manner cooperating each other to reach the global production objectives. The coordination between the holons inside the system in order to work in a collaborative form (coordination – cooperation) is developed using an artificial intelligence technique inside each holon to configure its respective Logic Control Device (LCD), thus making automatic the reconfiguration process. The strategy proposed in this work can also be used in other applications that require the collaborative integration of mechatronic systems

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