Paper Info
Title
Multi-Agent Systems to Implement Industry 4.0 Components
Abstract
The fast-changing market conditions, the increased global competition and the rapid technological developments demand flexible, adaptable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems based on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Aligned with CPS, the adoption of production system architectures is suitable to reduce complexity and achieve interoperability in the industrial applications. In this context, the Reference Architecture Model for Industry 4.0 (RAMI4.0) provides the guidelines to develop Industry 4.0 (I4.0) compliant solutions, considering the existing industrial standards. The so-called I4.0 components implement this model in practice, combining the physical asset with its digital representation, named Asset Administration Shell (AAS). This paper explores the use of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to implement the AAS functionalities, taking advantage of their inherits characteristics, e.g., autonomy, intelligence, decentralization and reconfigurability. In this context, the mapping between AAS functionalities and MAS characteristics is provided, as well as the challenges for this implementation. The applicability is illustrated by digitalizing an inspection cell comprising an UR3 robot and several console products by using MAS technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/ICPS48405.2020.9274745
2020 IEEE Conference on Industrial Cyberphysical Systems (ICPS)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Asset Administration Shell,I4.0 component,Multi-Agent Systems,RAMI4.0
Conference
1
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-7281-6390-1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lucas Sakurada100.34
Paulo Leitao210216.48