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Auto-ID Based Control Demonstration Phase 1: Pick and Place Packing With Conventional Control

Overview A demonstration environment is being developed at the Auto-ID Centre Laboratory in Cambridge in order to show the benefits of applying Auto-ID information in the context of automated control systems. This paper provides a technical overview of the developments required to produce the first of 3 demonstration phases planned for this environment. In this first phase, Auto-ID based information is integrated with a conventional control system to regulate a simple retail product pick and place packing environment. The demonstration in this first phase will show the ability of Auto-ID based systems to provide for orderly, accurately controlled operations in a changing and potentially disorderly environment.

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Publisher	Auto-ID Center	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	June 2002
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications

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