SUPPORT OF REENGINEERING USING WEARABLE COMPUTERS AND THE KNOWLEDGE SERVER CONCEPT

摘要

Recent years the mobile computing got more and more importance in almost every field of life. Typical mobile computing devices are the so called wearable computers, that provides PC like resources in a miniature format including keyboard and screen I/O-s and wireless network connections. The first part of the paper introduces wearable computers especially a simple prototype built in our laboratory. Even if these computers are available the intelligent applications are very limited by now. In the second part of the paper the so-called KSC (knowledge server for controllers) concept will be extended to allow knowledge processing for the wearable computers. The third part of the paper shows how these tools are able to support the reengineering process of different expensive workpieces. The idea will be illustrated in a prototype application where the designers can remotely examine the different high value waste pieces and decide about the further usage and processing of them.