Taxonomy,technology and applications of smart objects |
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Authors: | Tomás Sánchez López Damith Chinthana Ranasinghe Bela Patkai Duncan McFarlane |
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Affiliation: | (1) Engineering Department, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, UK;(2) The School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia |
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Abstract: | Deployment of embedded technologies is increasingly being examined in industrial supply chains as a means for improving efficiency
through greater control over purchase orders, inventory and product related information. Central to this development has been
the advent of technologies such as bar codes, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, and wireless sensors which when
attached to a product, form part of the product’s embedded systems infrastructure. The increasing integration of these technologies
dramatically contributes to the evolving notion of a “smart product”, a product which is capable of incorporating itself into
both physical and information environments. The future of this revolution in objects equipped with smart embedded technologies
is one in which objects can not only identify themselves, but can also sense and store their condition, communicate with other
objects and distributed infrastructures, and take decisions related to managing their life cycle. The object can essentially
“plug” itself into a compatible systems infrastructure owned by different partners in a supply chain. However, as in any development
process that will involve more than one end user, the establishment of a common foundation and understanding is essential
for interoperability, efficient communication among involved parties and for developing novel applications. In this paper,
we contribute to creating that common ground by providing a characterization to aid the specification and construction of
“smart objects” and their underlying technologies. Furthermore, our work provides an extensive set of examples and potential
applications of different categories of smart objects. |
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