Production system for the automated assembly of vehicle components, comprising: positioner units being configured to grip the respectively associated vehicle component at mounting points and move the respectively associated vehicle component into an assembly position; a position-measurement system being configured to determine the assembly position of each vehicle component; force sensors being configured to determine reaction forces and/or moments of each gripped vehicle component at the mounting points in the assembly position; and a computer-based control system being in data communication with the positioner units, the position-measurement system, and the force sensors, and being configured to control the positioner units based on the determined assembly positions, including the orientation of the vehicle component within three-dimensional space, and the determined reaction forces and/or moments of the vehicle components; wherein the computer based control-system comprises a multi-agent system including positioner agents, each positioner agent being a virtual representative of an associated positioner unit, which is the physical counterpart of the respective positioner agent, the positioner agents being in communication with each other within the multi-agent system, the computer based-control system being configured to actively control each positioner unit via the associated positioner agent; and wherein the multi-agent system further comprises vehicle-component agents, each vehicle-component agent being a virtual representative of an associated vehicle component, the vehicle-component agents being in communication with the positioner agents within the multi-agent system, the computer based-control system being configured to control each vehicle component indirectly via the positioner units. positioner units being configured to grip the respectively associated vehicle component at mounting points and move the respectively associated vehicle component into an assembly position; a position-measurement system being configured to determine the assembly position of each vehicle component; force sensors being configured to determine reaction forces and/or moments of each gripped vehicle component at the mounting points in the assembly position; and a computer-based control system being in data communication with the positioner units, the position-measurement system, and the force sensors, and being configured to control the positioner units based on the determined assembly positions, including the orientation of the vehicle component within three-dimensional space, and the determined reaction forces and/or moments of the vehicle components; wherein the computer based control-system comprises a multi-agent system including positioner agents, each positioner agent being a virtual representative of an associated positioner unit, which is the physical counterpart of the respective positioner agent, the positioner agents being in communication with each other within the multi-agent system, the computer based-control system being configured to actively control each positioner unit via the associated positioner agent; and wherein the multi-agent system further comprises vehicle-component agents, each vehicle-component agent being a virtual representative of an associated vehicle component, the vehicle-component agents being in communication with the positioner agents within the multi-agent system, the computer based-control system being configured to control each vehicle component indirectly via the positioner units.