Evolvable assembly systems: A distributed architecture for intelligent manufacturing

J. C. Chaplin; O. J. Bakker; L. De Silva; D. Sanderson; E. Kelly; B. Logan; S. M. Ratchev

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.393

Evolvable assembly systems: A distributed architecture for intelligent manufacturing

J. C. Chaplin, O. J. Bakker, L. De Silva, D. Sanderson, E. Kelly, B. Logan, S. M. Ratchev

University of Nottingham

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Abstract

Modern manufacturing companies are under economic pressure to respond more rapidly to a changing production environment, including short product life cycles, individually customisable products, and the introduction of new disruptive manufacturing processes. This paper details a new manufacturing philosophy and software architecture for Evolvable Assembly Systems, based on the principles of decentralization, context-awareness and intelligent resources, that is implemented using intelligent agent technology and a data distribution service. We also detail the Smart Manufacturing and Reconfigurable Technology demonstrator - an instantiation of the Evolvable Assembly Systems architecture - that implements a proof-of-concept abstract custom pharmaceuticals production line.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2065-2070
Number of pages	6
Journal	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume	48
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.393
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015
Event	15th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, INCOM 2015 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 11 May 2015 → 13 May 2015

Keywords

Adaptive Systems
Agents
Architectures
Autonomous Control
Decentralized Systems
Distributed artificial intelligence
Flexible automation
Intelligent manufacturing systems
Knowledge-based systems
Programmable logic controllers

UN SDGs

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Evolvable assembly systems: A distributed architecture for intelligent manufacturing

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