Modelling objects for skill-based reconfigurable machines

Within the European SIARAS project, a SkillServer is developed which is supposed to support users to reconfigure existing production lines. It reasons about modified requirements pn a given process. This paper describes the fundamental knowledge representation use in the SkillServer. The skill-based approach is introduced before describing the deployed ontology with regards to production systems. To enable the SkillServer to reason on configuration changes, models of the geometric representation of physical entities are required. This is described in paragraph four. Finally, a small demonstrator is explained where this system will be used first.