Agent- and Skill-Based Process Interoperability for Socio-Technical Production Systems-of-Systems

Abstract

In this research work, we take an interoperability point of view on "production systems-of-systems". Interoperability of production processes requires a stepwise planning of resources. An approach supporting the orchestration and coordination of human and artificial agents (i.e. collaborative robots) is developed. First tasks are assigned to production resources/agents, followed by an interaction and task execution design. Another step taken into account is the technology used as a human-robot interface.

Interoperability in the cyber-physical manufacturing enterprise

“…One aspect of this evolution is to enhance advanced collaboration mechanisms in industries; particularly collaborations that are involving humans and machines (Bouffaron et al, 2014;Hernoux et al, 2015;Panetto et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2017). In these industrial contexts, the nature of relations between humans and CPS is demanding not only task execution but also cognitive interaction (Fast-Berglund et al, 2020). However, the current design approaches of industrial systems heavily rely on the core concept of CPS lacking efficient means to link technical and social prospects.…”