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Moving robot’s mind of autonomous decentralized FMS and mind change control

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Abstract

This article describes the control of moving robots in an autonomous decentralized flexible manufacturing system (FMS) by changing the mind of the moving robot. In an autonomous decentralized flexible manufacturing system where a lot of moving robots operate, there are problems of path interference. There is an existing method which we have developed called AAA, and this is used to evade these interference problems. However, using this method, it is very difficult to grasp entirely the innumerable path interference situations that really occur. Therefore, to evade these unexpected situations flexibly, we propose a mind model, which is the complicated expression of combinations of three elements: stimulation vector, unit, and load. Even if a familiar situation happens, moving robots can make different actions when their mind is changed.

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  1. Department of Human and Information Systems, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan

    Hidehiko Yamamoto

  2. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Kikuchi

  3. Department of Human and Information Systems, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

    Takayoshi Yamada

  4. Industrial Engineering Department, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Canada

    M. Anouar Jamali

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Correspondence to Hidehiko Yamamoto.

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This work was presented in part at the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, 2009

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Yamamoto, H., Kikuchi, H., Yamada, T. et al. Moving robot’s mind of autonomous decentralized FMS and mind change control. Artif Life Robotics 14, 34–38 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0717-7

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