The proliferation of small mobile devices and everyday objects with integrated sensors and actuators provides the basis for a large variety of novel applications. With capabilities for wireless communication and determining the own position, these devices are ideally suited for location- and context-a-ware systems that are the focus of research in the Nexus project at the University of Stuttgart. The use of these technologies in a factory environment, e.g. a decentralized manufacturing resource management system as presented in this article, opens up a totally new application area.
Industrie Management | Volume 19 | 2003 | Edition 6 | Pages 17-20
