Method and apparatus for multi-destination pick using motes. In embodiments,each receptacle may be assigned to a destination and may have a mote that mayinclude an indicator that may be activated by a control system to indicate tothe agent that the receptacle is the destination receptacle for a picked item.The agent may then place the item in the indicated destination receptacle. Amote may include a communication interface for communicating with a controlsystem and with other motes in an ad-hoc network. In one embodiment, the moteon the destination receptacle may be activated when the picked item is scannedby the agent. In some embodiments, each receptacle may also have a sensor thatdetects when an item is placed in the receptacle to deactivate the indicatorand/or to verify that the item was placed in the correct receptacle.
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