An integrated control system architecture has been defined for the implementation of ITER Remote Han-dling (RH) equipment systems. The RH Core System (RHCS) is a standard software platform used for thedevelopment of ITER RH equipment controller applications to facilitate integration the overall controlsystem. The RH core system is packaged using several open source tools and libraries including OROCOS, KDL, GSL, Eigen, Eclipse, maven, etc. It emphasizes the usage of OROCOS real-time tool chains in building individual control system components that are highly configurable and interactive. The communicationbetween the control room and the embedded control applications is achieved using a standard Controller Interface Protocol defined by ITER. Prototyping work has been carried out for the development ofindividual sub-systems including RH equipment controller, viewing system, virtual reality monitoringsystem and RH plant controller built on the RH core system using the standard network communicationprotocols of ITER. All the individual sub-systems have been integrated into a prototype work cell andsuccessfully tested on a COTS robot manipulator. This paper presents the design & implementation of theprototype work-cell and concludes by suggesting recommendations for the next version of the ITER RHcore system.