LOGISTICS FACILITY WITH PARCEL TRANSPORT SHUTTLES AND PORTABLE DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING PARCELS

摘要

The invention relates to a facility for handling parcels (2), with independent motorised shuttles (3) and a central command and control unit (9) capable of remotely controlling said freely circulating shuttles guided using data indicating the immediate spatial position of each shuttle, also comprising at least one portable electronic device (7) capable of capturing information (8) affixed to a parcel and of transmitting said information to said central unit. The central unit is arranged such as to collect the spatial positions of the portable device and of the shuttles in order to associate said information with a certain shuttle in the memory.