Leveraging the Asset Administration Shell for Agent-Based Production Systems

In a world that is subject to trends such as customization, production systems have to become increasingly flexible. The agent paradigm seems like a promising approach to create intelligent production systems with the required flexibility. So far, the creation of agent-based systems has been a chall...

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Published inIFAC-PapersOnLine Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 837 - 844
Main Authors Ocker, Felix, Urban, Chris, Vogel-Heuser, Birgit, Diedrich, Christian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2021
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Asset Administration Shell
Digital Twin
Multi-Agent System
Multi-Agent System
Digital Twin
Asset Administration Shell
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Summary:In a world that is subject to trends such as customization, production systems have to become increasingly flexible. The agent paradigm seems like a promising approach to create intelligent production systems with the required flexibility. So far, the creation of agent-based systems has been a challenge for engineers though. This is due to the additional effort for designing the system, and the challenge of creating appropriate knowledge bases for the agents. This paper discusses how this challenge can be addressed by leveraging digital twins to create agent-based production systems at the example of the Asset Administration Shell.
ISSN:2405-8963
2405-8963
DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.08.186