This book gathers the second volume of the proceedings of the 31st edition of the
International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2022 …

Nowadays, manufacturing companies are facing challenges such as the rising cost of
energy consumption and the contribution of energy consumption to environmental problems …

The fast-changing market conditions, the increased global competition and the rapid
technological developments demand flexible, adaptable and reconfigurable manufacturing …

Future industrial systems can be realized using the cyber-physical systems (CPSs) that
advocate the coexistence of cyber and physical counterparts in a network structure to …

The present consumer market is driven by the mass customisation of products.
Manufacturers are now challenged with the problem of not being able to capture market …

Rapid advances in sensing and communication technologies connect isolated
manufacturing units, which generates large amounts of data. The new trend of mass …

In this paper, we discuss the requirements for an agent-and role-based planning approach
for flexible automation at advanced production systems. Special attention is given to …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies enable manufacturing systems to sense the
environment, adapt to external needs, and extract process knowledge, including business …

Modern manufacturing platforms are defined by the quest for increased automation
throughout the production cycle. This continuing pressure towards automation dictates that …