Internet of Resources - Concept for an Agent-based Distributed Resource Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Abstract

This paper presents a novel concept for an agent-based distributed resource management for production and logistics called the Internet of Resources. Due to changing requirements in increasingly complex and dynamic industrial environments and growing autonomy level in flexible process chains, traditional job management systems have to be adapted. In the focus of this development humans have to retain control but also have to be included as part of this system. This concept aims at the intelligent integration of robots and humans in decentralized job distribution systems. The Internet of Resources is a major building block in the fourth industrial revolution which includes services and features, simplifying job and resource management. The paper gives a definition of the Internet of Resources approach, describes the agent-based embedment of humans and machines in the network of cyber-physical systems and provides advances in the distribution of jobs.