Multi-agent based manufacturing: current trends and challenges

Abstract

The advent of Industry 4.0 and the development of future industrial applications can be achieved using Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This technological development invokes high levels of communication and computation in the form of an interconnected network of industrial resources. Multi-agent systems precisely can empower such technological evolution by introducing properties like decentralisation, autonomy, flexibility, social ability and modularity to the industrial context. In this regard, the current work surveys recent multi-agent based manufacturing approaches and provides a general vision of current trends focusing on frameworks/architectures, complementary technologies and common applications. This article, ends with an integrated discussion of emerging agent-based industrial challenges, a general conclusion and final remarks.

Adaptive hybrid reasoning for agent-based digital twins of distributed multi-robot systems

“…Nowadays, MAS is widely regarded as a practical approach and efficient programming paradigm for modelling, designing, and implementing different distributed system applications and understanding the complex interactions between individual entities. [40] Different systems are deployed using the MAS approach in grid energy management [54], energy optimization [17], oil and gas industry [20], manufacturing and control [50], supply chain and logistics [26], robotics [48] and numerous other domains [50].…”