Agent-based smart objects management system for real- Time wireless manufacturing

Yingfeng Zhang, George Huang, T. Qu, Oscar Ho

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Abstract

This paper presents an innovative gateway technology. A gateway is physically composed of smart objects (SOs) that are logically related to each other according to a shop-floor workflow configuration. Although smart objects are equipped with heterogeneous RFID devices, they are converted into standard web services using the concept of agents. The resulted agent-based smart objects (ASOs) are then centrally managed through a specially purposed Universal Description, Discovery and Integration registry (soUDDI) where facilities such as register, publish, find, bind and invoke are provided for ASOs. Through these facilities, smart objects can be deployed at a gateway in a "plug and play" fashion. Real- Time data are collected by smart objects from the shop floor and processed by the corresponding gateway for further application in enterprise information systems (EISs). The proposed framework is demonstrated through a smart forklift gateway around which smart objects are deployed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th CIRP-Sponsored International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1709-1721
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783642104299
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event6th CIRP International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, DET 2009 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 14 Dec 200916 Dec 2009

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent and Soft Computing
Volume66 AISC
ISSN (Print)1867-5662

Conference

Conference6th CIRP International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, DET 2009
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period14/12/0916/12/09

Keywords

  • Agent
  • Real- Time
  • RFID / auto ID
  • Service-oriented architecture
  • Smart objects
  • Wireless manufacturing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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