Collaborative automation from rigid coupling towards dynamic reconfigurable production systems

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 16, Issue , 2005, Pages 184-192

  Harrison, Robert ^a   Colombo, Armando Walter ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Schneider Electric PandT HUB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent technology; Agile automation; Flexible manufacturing; Reconfigurable production

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

AGENT TECHNOLOGY; COLLABORATIVE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL ADOPTION; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; PRODUCTION AUTOMATION; RECONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 79960745573     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20050703-6-cz-1902.01571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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