TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Bonini, Marco A1 - Urru, Augusto A1 - Steinau, Sebastian A1 - Ceylan, Selcuk A1 - Lutz, Matthias A1 - Schuhmacher, Jan A1 - Andrews, Kevin A1 - Halfar, Harry A1 - Kunaschk, Stefan A1 - Haque, Asadul A1 - Nair, Vinu A1 - Rollenhagen, Matthias A1 - Shaik, Nayabrasul A1 - Reichert, Manfred A1 - Bartneck, Norbert A1 - Schlegel, Christian A1 - Hummel, Vera A1 - Echelmeyer, Wolfgang ED - Madani, Kurosh T1 - Automation of intralogistic processes through flexibilisation: a method for the flexible configuration and evaluation of systems of systems T2 - ICINCO 2018 : proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics : Porto, Portugal, July 29-31, 2018. - Volume 2 N2 - The high system flexibility necessary for the full automation of complex and unstructured tasks leads to increased technological complexity, thus to higher costs and lower performance. In this paper, after an introduction to the different dimensions of flexibility, a method for flexible modular configuration and evaluation of systems of systems is introduced. The method starts from process requirements and, considering factors such as feasibility, development costs, market potential and effective impact on the current processes, enables the evaluation of a flexible systems of systems equipped with the needed functionalities before its actual development. This allows setting the focus on those aspects of flexibility that add market value to the system, thus promoting the efficient development of systems addressed to interested customers in intralogistics. An example of application of the method is given and discussed. KW - intralogistics KW - automation KW - flexibilisation KW - modular configuration KW - human-robot interaction KW - evaluation Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-989-758-321-6 SB - 978-989-758-321-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5220/0006878003900398 DO - https://doi.org/10.5220/0006878003900398 SP - 380 EP - 388 S1 - 9 PB - SCITEPRESS CY - SetĂșbal, Portugal ER -