Moreno Emborujo, AsierAngulo Martínez, IgnacioPerallos Ruiz, AsierLandaluce, HugoGarcía Zuazola, Ignacio JulioAzpilicueta Fernández de las Heras, LeyreAstrain Escola, José JavierFalcone, FranciscoVilladangos Alonso, Jesús2026-05-042026-05-042012-05-18Moreno, A., Angulo, I., Perallos, A., Landaluce, H., Zuazola, I. J. G., Azpilicueta, L., Astrain, J. J., Falcone, F., & Villadangos, J. (2012). IVAN: Intelligent Van for the distribution of pharmaceutical drugs. Sensors (Switzerland), 12(5), 6587-6609. https://doi.org/10.3390/S1205065871424-822010.3390/S120506587https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5860This paper describes a telematic system based on an intelligent van which is capable of tracing pharmaceutical drugs over delivery routes from a warehouse to pharmacies, without altering carriers' daily conventional tasks. The intelligent van understands its environment, taking into account its location, the assets and the predefined delivery route; with the capability of reporting incidences to carriers in case of failure according to the established distribution plan. It is a non-intrusive solution which represents a successful experience of using smart environments and an optimized Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) embedded system in a viable way to resolve a real industrial need in the pharmaceutical industry. The combination of deterministic modeling of the indoor vehicle, the implementation of an ad-hoc radiating element and an agile software platform within an overall system architecture leads to a competitive, flexible and scalable solution.eng© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, SwitzerlandIntelligent VanPharmaceutical drugs traceabilityIncidences reportingNon-intrusiveRFIDWireless technologiesDeterministic 3D ray launchingjournal article2026-05-04