Simulation of dynamic communication clusters in a factory environment

Kazunori Isomoto; Neil Johnson; Saburo Okada; Satoshi Fujita; Masafumi Yamashita

doi:10.1117/12.326938

9 October 1998 Simulation of dynamic communication clusters in a factory environment

Kazunori Isomoto, Neil Johnson, Saburo Okada, Satoshi Fujita, Masafumi Yamashita

Proceedings Volume 3517, Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326938
Event: Photonics East (ISAM, VVDC, IEMB), 1998, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In a previous paper we proposed a new kind of factory system that uses mobile robots to transport parts and materials between assembly stations. In this system, which we call an `assembly network,' the factory's assembly stations operate independently of a centralized production plan and negotiate with each other (via message passing) for access to robots. Using this assembly network as a testbed, we are developing distributed algorithms to allow the stations to organize themselves into small `communication clusters.' In this paper we will describe the current clustering algorithm that we are using in more detail than in the previous paper.

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Kazunori Isomoto, Neil Johnson, Saburo Okada, Satoshi Fujita, and Masafumi Yamashita "Simulation of dynamic communication clusters in a factory environment", Proc. SPIE 3517, Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing, (9 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326938

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