Abstract Cyber-Physical-Systems (CPS) enable flexible and reconfigurable realization of
automation system architectures, utilizing distributed control architectures with non …

The focus of this study is to design a backlit vision instrument capable of measuring surface
roughness and to discuss its metrological performance compared to traditional …

Industrial competitiveness today means shorter product lifecycles, increased product variety
and shorter time-to-market. To face this challenge, the manufacturing industry is forced by …

This paper presents the design and the characterization of a portable laser triangulation
measurement system for measuring gap and flush in the car body assembly process …

This paper presents an adaptive strategy for automatic camera placement in a 3-
dimensional space during a robotized vision based quality control. The approach proposed …

This paper proposes an agent-based simulation model to study and analyse the
performance of various procurement and production policies in the recycled paper industry …

In most European member states, employees stay with a company for over ten years. During
this time, people gain valuable experience and build up expertise that is lost to production …

The 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 …

Multi-agent systems is being pointed as particularly suited to design and engineer a new
class of control systems to operate at the factory plants addressing the current requirements …

In modern digital factories, in-line quality control on 100% of production has become a key
strategy to keep production processes and products under control. The real time and early …