Sliding wall

A sliding wall assembly comprising:

• at least one slidable wall element configured to form at least part of a wall;
• a support member disposed along an edge of the wall element, said support member being configured to slidably couple the wall element to a track and to support the wall element from the track;
• and
• an automatic drive element disposed within the support member, said drive element configured to automatically slide said wall element along the track.

A sliding wall system, comprising:

• a plurality of individually slidable wall elements slidable along a track;
• a drive mechanism operably coupled to each wall element to slide each wall element along the track;
• a local control unit operably coupled to each wall element for controlling the drive mechanism associated with each wall element;
• and
• a central control unit for exchanging data with the local control units and for controlling movement of the plurality of wall elements.