This article shows that autonomous agents– something only talked about years ago– are becoming a reality. It’s just a matter of time before they take over many routine jobs in factories, and elsewhere.
Festo Demonstrates Robots Based on Nature | Robotics content from IndustryWeek.
Gary Knotts’ paper (with Moshe Dror and me) some 20 years ago about autonomous agents and project scheduling was ahead of its time, and many others ahve refined the concepts since then.
Supply Chain and Logistics 