As product diversity increases and new designs succeed one
another more rapidly than ever before, the value of recon-
figurable manufacturing systems (RMSs) cannot be denied.
Though the idea of RMSs exists already for a very long
time [1], few of such systems have actually been developed.
This abstract addresses the development and deployment of
such a system, paying special attention to the key aspects
of RMSs: modularity, scalability and integrability. The de-
veloped RMS, presented in Figure 1, consists of two AGVs
collecting orders at the movable work stations. A modular
ceiling camera system posts position measurements on the
network, allowing the AGVs to plan their path and dock near
the right work station. On top of this, a central coordinator
gathers tasks and dispatches them to the appropriate agent.
The next sections briefly describe the different subsystems.status: publishe