Chapter 10

Identification and Implementation of Agents for Factory Automation Exploiting Mechatronical Concepts for Production System Structuring

Arndt Lüder1; Matthias Foehr2    1 Institute of Ergonomics, Manufacturing Systems and Automation, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany2 Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Erlangen, Germany

Abstract

In recent years, several research and development activities have been undertaken to improve efficiency and correctness within the engineering process of production systems, providing different results. Two of the most reported sets of results are related to agent-based control architectures and mechatronical engineering methods. Emerging from different research directions, they can be applied ...

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