On Agent Based Multi-Robot Coordination In A Flexible Manufacturing System

Abstract

The fields of multi-robot and multi-agent systems represent active and topical research
themes. Their results can be important for several areas, this paper considering the industrial
application. The possibility to solve through robot cooperation an assembly process is discussed,
the proposed approach using an agent based solution. Some theoretical and practical issues on
robot coordination are presented, the architecture being tested in a flexible manufacturing system
with two industrial robots.