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- Integrating standardization in research and innovation projects: the GO0DMAN experiencePublication . Leitão, Paulo; Cristalli, Cristina; Paone, Nicola; Chiariotti, Paolo; Utz, Wilfrid; Stojanovic, Nenad; Barata, José; Woitsch, RobertStandards ensure comparability, compatibility and interoperability, bringing benefits to business and consumers in terms of reduction of costs, enhancing performance and increasing safety. In particular, the use of standards contributes to foster and disseminate innovation. However, in spite of the relevance of standardization for research and innovation processes, this topic is rarely handled during the execution of such projects. In fact, the use of standards since the very beginning of the execution of research and innovation projects has an important value in supporting research and innovation. Moreover, following a standardization approach will help to reduce the costs and to prevent the development of unnecessary duplicate processes or technology, as well as to develop standardized products, processes and technologies, increasing the industrial acceptance and the project impact. Having this in mind, this paper presents a standardization methodology to be adopted during the development of research and innovation projects, which will help to analyze the existing standards in the field, their compliance during the solutions’ development and the identification of standardization gaps. The proposed approach was applied during the execution of the GO0DMAN project to develop a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) solution for multi-stage production systems aiming the Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) strategy.
- Integration of process and quality control using multi-agent technologyPublication . Cristalli, Cristina; Foehr, Matthias; Leitão, Paulo; Paone, Nicola; Castellini, Paolo; Turrin, Claudio; Schjolberg, IngridThe paper introduces a new approach on design of distributed manufacturing control systems. It will be shown how multi-agent principles, self-learning, self-adaptation and a new engineering method for distributed production systems can be used to enhance integration of production control process quality control. It will be highlighted how multi-agent systems may be implemented to enforce interaction of manufacturing execution system and distributed control system, enhancing the exploitation of all available information at the quality control and process control levels. Additional focus is set on production process modeling, quality control algorithms and an engineering methodology integrating all these aspects within. The final results are validated in the field of white ware using a washing machine production line.
- Quality control agents for adaptive visual inspection in production linesPublication . Stroppa, Lorenzo; Rodrigues, Nelson; Leitão, Paulo; Paone, NicolaIn the last decade multi-agent systems (MAS) have been thoroughly investigated as a suitable paradigm for process control. Despite the difficulties in designing and maintaining a MAS architecture for real production scenarios, several EU research projects have been financed and many companies are looking at the improvement in the production efficiency of such systems. The EU FP7 GRACE project aims at the integration of process and quality control in a multi-agent environment. This paper discusses the integration of quality control stations into the GRACE MAS. The stations themselves will become autonomous agents, capable of self-reconfiguration according to the needs of the production to improve shop floor efficiency while maintaining the same (and possibly higher) quality level for the manufactured products. Details about the quality control agent behaviour, its integration with the physical hardware and communication with the other agents will be given. All the concepts have been tested in an experimental environment where a vision inspection station behaves as one of the agents of the MAS platform, communicating and exchanging data with the other agents and optimizing its operations over time.
- Towards the integration of process and quality control using multi-agent technologyPublication . Castellini, Paolo; Cristalli, Cristina; Foehr, Matthias; Leitão, Paulo; Paone, Nicola; Schjolberg, Ingrid; Tjønnås, Johannes; Turrin, Claudio; Wagner, ThomasThe paper introduces a vision on the design of distributed manufacturing control systems using the multi-agent principles to enhance the integration of the production and quality control processes. It is highlighted how agent technology may enforce interaction of manufacturing execution system and distributed control system, enhancing the exploitation of the available information at the quality control and process control levels. A specific focus is made on a suitable engineering methodology for the design and realization of such concept. Innovation is also presented at the level of adaptive process control and self-optimizing quality control, with examples related to a home appliance production line.