Authors: Rohan Agrawal , Dhirendra Sharma
Abstract: In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, manufacturing systems must adapt to fluctuating market demands, mass customization, and short product lifecycles. Traditional manufacturing systems often lack flexibility, leading to inefficiencies and increased downtime. Self-reconfigurable manufacturing systems (SRMS) are an emerging paradigm that allows production systems to autonomously adapt their hardware and software configurations to changing production requirements. This paper reviews the concept, architecture, enabling technologies, challenges, and future prospects of SRMS. It highlights the role of modular design, cyber-physical integration, intelligent control, and multi-robot coordination in realizing self-reconfigurable systems. The review also examines recent research trends, applications, and potential pathways for Industry 5.0 adaptation.
Keywords: Self-reconfigurable manufacturing, modular production, Industry 4.0, cyber-physical systems, adaptive manufacturing, flexible robotics
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