Agent-based real-time assembly line management for wireless job shop environment

Yingfeng Zhang, George Huang, Ting Qu, Jun Hong

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Abstract

Recent developments in wireless technologies have created opportunities for developing next-generation manufacturing systems with real-time traceability, visibility and interoperability in shop floor planning, execution and control. This paper discusses how to deploy wireless and intelligent technologies to convert physical objects in manufacturing systems into smart objects to introduce and improve the interoperability and visibility between them and thus with manufacturing decision support systems. A reference architecture for wireless manufacturing (WM) is proposed where three types of smart objects are identified. At the same time, the concept of smart object agent (SOA) is presented and the corresponding framework of smart objects management system (SOMS) is constructed. Under this framework and the concept of SOA, a SOA-based WM environment is studied and demonstrated using a near real-life simplified product assembly line for the collection and synchronization of the real-time field data from manufacturing workshops.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2010
Pages2013-2018
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2010 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 4 Aug 20107 Aug 2010

Publication series

Name2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2010

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period4/08/107/08/10

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