Ontology-Based Approaches for Communication with Autonomous Guided Vehicles for Industry 4.0

Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGV) are an enabling technology that has changed the landscape for the new generation of manufacturing systems. Because AGV must interact with a heterogenous production environment, communication between an AGV and other devices must be established dynamically. This includes the production stands, production systems, manufacturing infrastructure, and cooperation with other AGVs. The focus of this paper is the ontological approach that enables dynamic communications with an AGV that must be adapted to changing operating conditions. The aim of this work is to review the existing approaches using ontologies for industrial communication, to evoke a discussion, and to elucidate the current research opportunities by highlighting the relationship between different subareas of communication with an AGV.