Self-reconfiguration of industrial mobile robots

Stefanie Angerer; Rob Pooley; Ruth Aylett

doi:10.1109/SASO.2010.43

Self-reconfiguration of industrial mobile robots

Stefanie Angerer, Rob Pooley, Ruth Aylett

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Abstract

In this paper a flexible self-reconfiguration mechanism for industrial mobile robots in car manufacturing is presented. Implemented in a holonic multi-agent system, userinserted process changes are executed self-organised. Starting with a natural-language based description of the desired process change, an uncoupled recombination mechanism is the core part of the presented approach. The novel recombination of already existing system functionalities enables the addition of new functions to an already existing system while stability and productivity are assured. A hierarchical-organised standard holon and heterarchical-organised reconfiguration holons are provided to separate the execution of routine tasks and self-reconfiguration tasks. By using the principles of holonic manufacturing and skill evolvability, the self-reconfiguration mechanism supplies functional flexibility for industrial mobile robots without uncontrolled loss of productivity. © 2010 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2010
Pages	64-73
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SASO.2010.43
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems - Budapest, Hungary Duration: 27 Sept 2010 → 1 Oct 2010

Conference

Conference	2010 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
Abbreviated title	SASO 2010
Country/Territory	Hungary
City	Budapest
Period	27/09/10 → 1/10/10

Keywords

Agent-based manufacturing
Factory automation
Skill recombination

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