The integration of Robot Swarm Intelligence (RSI) into Industry 4.0 represents a significant step towards fully autonomous and distributed manufacturing systems. Inspired by the biological swarm behaviour, RSI enables the adaptive collaboration of groups of robots with the purpose of optimising industrial processes. This paper presents a novel architecture for integrating RSI with Industry 4.0 technologies like IoT, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Big Data Analytics for distributed manufacturing systems. Advanced simulation tools are employed for evaluating the performance of the proposed architecture in three manufacturing scenarios, focusing on indicators such as the resource utilisation rate, the task completion time, and fault tolerance. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of RSI to significantly optimise industrial processes, and reduce waste in distributed manufacturing environments, and highlight its transformative role in promoting innovation and competitiveness in smart manufacturing.
Robotic swarm, Multi‐agent systems, Optimise processes, Automatic algorithms.
Anca-Gabriela PETRESCU, Ionica ONCIOIU, Mihai PETRESCU, Florentina-Raluca BÎLCAN, Marius PETRESCU, Marius Florin GHIBERDIC, "Integration of Robot Swarm Intelligence for Distributed Manufacturing Systems", Studies in Informatics and Control, ISSN 1220-1766, vol. 34(1), pp. 37-46, 2025. https://doi.org/10.24846/v34i1y202503
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