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Monitoring of computernetworks, complex technical systems
like aeroplanes is common practice. In this article the use of a monitoring
agent in an arbitrary product is discussed. The product itself could be any
product with sucient hardware capabilities. The focus is on the product
enhancement by adding an embedded agent. This so-called product agent
can represent the product in the internet of things and it can also be
a member of a multiagent system. In this way exchange of parts and
subsystems is possible. The possibilities and advantages of this concept
are discussed as well as a more elaborate example of the implementation
in an experimental discovery robot.

DOI: 10.1007/9783662444399