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RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo: A Competitive Factory Automation Testbed

In: Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2015/2016

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  • Tim Niemueller

    (Knowledge-based Systems Group, RWTH Aachen University)

  • Daniel Ewert

    (IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University)

  • Sebastian Reuter

    (IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University)

  • Alexander Ferrein

    (MASCOR Institute, Aachen University of Applied Sciences)

  • Sabina Jeschke

    (IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University)

  • Gerhard Lakemeyer

    (Knowledge-based Systems Group, RWTH Aachen University)

Abstract

A new trend in automation is to deploy so-called cyber-physical systems (CPS) which combine computation with physical processes. The novel RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo (LLSF) aims at a such CPS logistic scenarios in an automation setting. A team of robots has to produce products from a number of semi-finished products which they have to machine during the game. Different production plans are possible and the robots need to recycle scrap byproducts. This way, the LLSF is a very interesting league offering a number of challenging research questions for planning, coordination, or communication in an application-driven scenario. In this paper, we outline the objectives of the LLSF and present steps for developing the league further towards a benchmark for logistics scenarios for CPS. As a major milestone we present the new automated referee system which helps in governing the game play as well as keeping track of the scored points in a very complex factory scenario.

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  • Tim Niemueller & Daniel Ewert & Sebastian Reuter & Alexander Ferrein & Sabina Jeschke & Gerhard Lakemeyer, 2016. "RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo: A Competitive Factory Automation Testbed," Springer Books, in: Sabina Jeschke & Ingrid Isenhardt & Frank Hees & Klaus Henning (ed.), Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2015/2016, pages 605-618, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-42620-4_45
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42620-4_45
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