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 . <EOS>