Development of a Holonic Free-Roaming AGV System for Part Manufacturing
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Abstract
This paper presents an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) system under development and its industrial background as a support system for an automated paint department. The focus is on demonstrating how the holonic architecture can be used to implement a flexible AGV system. The system is composed of autonomous AGV holons who cooperate, directly or as groups, with other holons such as robot holons, vision-system holons and order holons to produce the real parts. The holonic architecture is described in detail and example use-cases presented.
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Material Handling Industrial Robot Mass Customization Automate Guide Vehicle Manufacturing Cell
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