Updated: 12.03.07
WIRELESS RFID READER/WRITER
RFID is fast becoming a technology common to many different aspects of daily life. From credit card purchases, to large-scale inventory tracking systems, RFID is being incorporated into a wide array of industries. The Wireless Integrated Micro-Systems (WIMS) project sponsors educational programs for K-12 students that highlight technologies such as RFID.
WIMS teaches students about RFID, and how it is used for inventory tracking purposes, by demonstrating on a small scale with their tabletop factory setup and miniature roving robot. However their current model is tethered to the controlling PC by a USB cable.
Our team's goal was to develop a new, wirelessly controlled, RFID reader/writer module for use by the WIMS education program. Commercially available devices are cost prohibitive for the program, and wirelessly controlled devices do not currently exist.
It is our hope that this project will demonstrate the viability of bringing interactive, wirelessly controlled, RFID robotic devices into the manufacturing marketplace of the future.
