Research on Dual-agent Work Mechanism with Human-smart System Collaboration in Human-centric Smart Manufacturing Cell

doi:10.3901/JME.2025.03.105

Abstract

Abstract: The technology-driven smart manufacturing cell faces a series of challenges such as insufficient flexibility to cope with dynamic environments, difficulty in dealing with atypical production disturbances, and limited decision-making for multi-scenario integration. To this end, a dual-agent work mechanism for human-smart system collaboration in human-centric smart manufacturing cells is proposed. The development and evolution of the manufacturing cell under the concept of human-centric smart manufacturing is analyzed, and the effective ways of human-smart system collaboration are explored. A dual-agent work mechanism constructed by enhanced perception, communication and interaction, dynamic feedback, collaborative smart decision-making, continuous learning, and self-adaptation is proposed and applied to the atypical scenario of fault diagnosis and self-healing, which includes condition monitoring, fault diagnosis, fault repair, recovery and validation, and continuous learning and improvement. The fault repair of a smart manufacturing cell for a transmission case of a heavy-duty vehicle is used as a case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of the dual-agent work mechanism.

Key words: human-centric smart manufacturing, human-smart system collaboration, smart manufacturing, manufacturing cell, fault diagnosis and troubleshooting

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LI Jiajia, YI Qian, FENG Yixiong, ZHU Pengxing, YI Shuping. Research on Dual-agent Work Mechanism with Human-smart System Collaboration in Human-centric Smart Manufacturing Cell[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2025, 61(3): 105-118.

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