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The agent layer interconnects the gateway for device communication with all the other components. It is based on the agent's modular architecture suitable for robotic and production machines controlled by sensors. The IoT agent is linked to the IoT controller, and checks the framework environment during the time, by acquiring data by sensors properly programmed by firmware. Firmware is developed through software and hardware interfaces. Integrated development environment (IDE) platforms are usually adopted for firmware development as user interfaces. Agent‐based computing (ABC) tools are able to implement agent functions in modern distributed applications; multi‐agent systems (MASs) are ensembles of agents interacting in the same framework [31]. The MASs support edge and cloud computing, interconnecting innovative applications such as machine learning and blockchain.