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Reconfigurable Assembly System (RAS) is designed at the outset for rapid change in structure, in order to quickly respond to the needs of market in terms of product variety and quantity. This paper is focus on the architecture of RAS. We propose a hybrid architecture and negotiation protocol for the dynamic scheduling of assembling systems. The architecture is based on multi-agent systems. This architecture combines the advantage of both hierarchical structure and distributed structure. A global management coordinates the whole system and every agent is highly autonomous. Otherwise, we introduce the agent specification. The well-known Contract Net Protocol has been adapted as the coordination model. The purpose of this protocol is to dynamically assign operation to the resources of the assembly system to realize system reconfiguration.
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Meng, F., Huang, X., Tan, D., Wang, Y. (2004). Study on the Architecture of Reconfigurable Assembly System. In: Yan, XT., Jiang, CY., Juster, N.P. (eds) Perspectives from Europe and Asia on Engineering Design and Manufacture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2212-8_50
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