Provided is a conveyance apparatus that includes: a lifting mechanism raisable upward and lowerable downward, lifts an object to be conveyed, by bringing the lifting mechanism into contact with the object to be conveyed and raising the lifting mechanism, and moves in a state in which the object to be conveyed is lifted. The conveyance apparatus includes: a plurality of load sensors that is provided in the lifting mechanism and each detects a load received by coming into contact with the object to be conveyed; a calculation section that calculates a center-of-gravity position of the object to be conveyed, based on a distribution of a plurality of the loads that has been detected; and a control section that causes the conveyance apparatus to move to a position, at which the object to be conveyed is liftable at the calculated center-of-gravity position, and causes the lifting mechanism to be raised.

A method in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes determining first hazard information about a human in an environment at a first time. The method further includes decelerating a mobile robot in the environment based at least partially on the first hazard information. The method further includes determining second hazard information about the human at a second time after the first time. The method further includes reconfiguring the mobile robot based at least partially on the second hazard information. Reconfiguring the mobile robot includes moving the mobile robot from a standing configuration to a non-standing configuration. The method further includes determining third hazard information about the human at a third time after the second time. Finally, the method includes causing a safe operating stop of the mobile robot based at least partially on the third hazard information.

A system for a boat includes a first guideway installed under a main deck of the boat, a first battery pack coupled to the first guideway under the main deck, and a first actuator configured to move the first battery pack along the first guideway. A controller is electrically and/or signally coupled with the first actuator. A user input device is electrically and/or signally coupled with the controller. The controller is configured to control the first actuator to move the first battery pack along the first guideway in response to an input to the user input device so as to relocate the weight of the first battery pack under the main deck.