A holonic architecture for easy reconfiguration of robotic assembly systems

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Sugi, Masao ^a   Maeda, Yusuke ^a   Aiyama, Yasumichi ^b   Harada, Tomokazu ^c   Arai, Tamio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NS Solutions Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly system; Holonic system; Reconfigurability

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MANIPULATORS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

HOLONIC SYSTEMS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0038199836     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.810241     Document Type: Article

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