Fig 1Tube dispatchPoint to open tubes · ← →1 tube · in flight 0 · passed 0 · returned 0
Capsules: one task each, in flightFour agent stations; a lit lamp means its tube is openOne console, many tubes. Each capsule is a task sent to an agent station. Finished work passes an inspection gauge before it reaches the trusted rack, and anything that fails the check goes back round to a free station. Open more tubes and more work is in flight at once while every result is still checked.