Towards a cooperative knowledge-based control agent for a reconfigurable manufacturing plant

This paper presents the mid-term outcome of the Generic Evolutionary Control Knowledge-based mOdule (Gecko) research project, i.e., a layered architecture to implement a cooperative model-based control agent for a Reconfigurable Transportation System (RTSs). A manufacturing plant is here conceived a...

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Main Authors:	Borgo, Stefano, Cesta, Amedeo, Orlandini, Andrea, Rasconi, Riccardo, Suriano, Marco, Umbrico, Alessandro
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Context Knowledge based systems Mechatronics Planning Production Routing Transportation
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Summary:	This paper presents the mid-term outcome of the Generic Evolutionary Control Knowledge-based mOdule (Gecko) research project, i.e., a layered architecture to implement a cooperative model-based control agent for a Reconfigurable Transportation System (RTSs). A manufacturing plant is here conceived as multiple independent modules to implement alternative inbound logistic systems' configurations. To support this capability of the mechatronic hardware, an integrated solution is proposed using a knowledge-based approach to support a timeline-based planning and control module responsible for managing both the node regular activities and reconfiguration activities. A cooperation layer dedicated to multi-module coordination completes the overall architecture.
ISSN:	1946-0740 1946-0759