Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the plurality of motorized transport units and the plurality of user interface units, wherein the central computer system is configured to control movement of the plurality of motorized transport units through the shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the plurality of user interface units.

An improved material pusher or containment plow employing a floating vehicle-coupling system, a wear shoe, as well as a plurality of removable scraping edge sections.

An improved material pusher or containment plow employing a floating vehicle-coupling system, a wear shoe, as well as a plurality of removable scraping edge sections.

A snow shovel structure of a snow plow robot. The snow shovel structure includes a housing where a snow shovel mechanism is. The snow shovel mechanism extends outside the housing and includes a first motor fixed on a top of the housing. The first motor is fixedly connected with a telescopic rod through an output shaft. A second motor is further provided on a top portion of an inner chamber of the housing, and a horizontal plate is fixedly arranged on a side wall of the inner chamber of the housing.

A snow shovel structure of a snow plow robot. The snow shovel structure includes a housing where a snow shovel mechanism is. The snow shovel mechanism extends outside the housing and includes a first motor fixed on a top of the housing. The first motor is fixedly connected with a telescopic rod through an output shaft. A second motor is further provided on a top portion of an inner chamber of the housing, and a horizontal plate is fixedly arranged on a side wall of the inner chamber of the housing.

Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.

Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.

A snowplow is presented and comprises a frame configured to be attached to a vehicle with a vehicle attachment for pushing the snowplow in a longitudinal direction, a main blade connected to a forward portion of the frame, the main blade including radius of curvature and at least one cutting blade disposed at a bottom portion of the main blade in a ground-contacting configuration disposed in a positive rake angle in substantial continuity with the radius of curvature of the main blade, the at least one cutting blade being pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the pivot axis is located in front the main blade in an horizontal and transversal direction

A snowplow is presented and comprises a frame configured to be attached to a vehicle with a vehicle attachment for pushing the snowplow in a longitudinal direction, a main blade connected to a forward portion of the frame, the main blade including radius of curvature and at least one cutting blade disposed at a bottom portion of the main blade in a ground-contacting configuration disposed in a positive rake angle in substantial continuity with the radius of curvature of the main blade, the at least one cutting blade being pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the pivot axis is located in front the main blade in an horizontal and transversal direction

Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.