A system for determining and executing an autonomous-vehicle vehicle travel route, including a hardware-based processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium includes an input-interface module that, when executed by the hardware-based processing unit, obtains factor data indicating factors relevant to determining a vehicle travel route. The storage medium also includes a route-generation module comprising a route-complexity sub-module. The route-complexity sub-module determines, based on the factor data, route-complexity indexes corresponding to respective optional routes. The route-generation module determines the vehicle travel route based on the route-complexity indexes. The storage in various embodiments includes other sub-modules associated with other elements, such as autonomous-driving safety, comfort, stress, pollution, scenery, or infrastructure-accessibility, for determining and executing an autonomous-driving travel route. In some embodiments, the storage includes an autonomous-driving perceptions module and an autonomous-driving control module for modifying vehicle functions in executing the autonomous-driving travel route.

This disclosure describes a system for presenting items to a user at a presentation area within a materials handling facility. In some instances, a predicted items list that identifies items that are likely to be picked by a user are determined and, when the user arrives at the materials handling facility, those predicted items are presented to the user for selection. For example, predicted items may be determined and inventory holders that contain the predicted items may be routed to a presentation area and positioned for presentation to the user. The user may browse the presented items and pick the items they desire.

A digital map of a transport vehicle for transporting vehicles includes one or more digital reference locations that are respectively associated with real reference locations of the transport vehicle. A method includes: ascertaining respective reference coordinates of the real reference locations relative to a reference coordinate system, so that the ascertained reference coordinates are associated with the corresponding digital reference locations; deriving respective coordinates of further digital locations of the digital map from the reference coordinates of the reference locations based on a derivation protocol, so that coordinates relative to the reference coordinate system are respectively associated with the further digital locations, so that an edited digital map of the transport vehicle is created, in which map coordinates relative to the reference coordinate system are associated with the digital locations.

It is an object to allow, even if an item selected by a user cannot be shipped to its destination, the user to order another item without wasting the effort spent in selecting the item. An information processing device receives selection of an item for order. The information processing device obtains a destination specified for the selected item. If the specified destination is outside the area to which the selected item can be shipped, the information processing device causes substitute information to be displayed. The substitute information can identify a substitute item that can be shipped to the destination.

It is an object to allow, even if an item selected by a user cannot be shipped to its destination, the user to order another item without wasting the effort spent in selecting the item. An information processing device receives selection of an item for order. The information processing device obtains a destination specified for the selected item. If the specified destination is outside the area to which the selected item can be shipped, the information processing device causes substitute information to be displayed. The substitute information can identify a substitute item that can be shipped to the destination.

An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.

A method and a gateway system of a mobile asset are described. A voltage produced by a power system of the mobile asset is monitored by a gateway system. In response to determining that a first fluctuation occurs in the voltage produced by the power system of the mobile asset over a first interval of time, the gateway system operates in a first mode. In response to determining that a value of the voltage produced by the power system of the mobile asset is less than a voltage threshold, the gateway system automatically transitions to operating in a second mode, which is different from the first mode and causes the gateway system to consume less power than when it is operating in the first mode.

A method and a gateway system of a mobile asset are described. A voltage produced by a power system of the mobile asset is monitored by a gateway system. In response to determining that a first fluctuation occurs in the voltage produced by the power system of the mobile asset over a first interval of time, the gateway system operates in a first mode. In response to determining that a value of the voltage produced by the power system of the mobile asset is less than a voltage threshold, the gateway system automatically transitions to operating in a second mode, which is different from the first mode and causes the gateway system to consume less power than when it is operating in the first mode.

Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for determining whether an individual uses proper posture to perform a job duty/task. For example, systems may determine whether an individual utilizes proper posture when lifting a heavy item from a floor. Accordingly, various embodiments comprise an image capture device and a central computing entity configured to receive item information/data for an item to be moved by an individual and to determine whether the item information/data satisfies one or more image collection criteria. Upon determining the item information/data satisfies one or more of the image collection criteria, the computing entity may activate an image capture device to collect image information/data of individuals performing the job duty/task, to compare collected image information/data against a plurality of reference images, and to determine whether the collected image information/data is indicative of the individual performing the job duty/task according to proper posture considerations.

Provided is a relay goods picking system, the system includes: a plurality of carrying robots, a manual picking area, auxiliary pickup tools for manual goods picking which store goods for manual picking, a robot picking inventory container area provided with a plurality of inventory containers used for storing goods and being carried by the plurality of carrying robots, operating positions and a control system capable of communicating with the plurality of carrying robots and manual picking persons. For a mixed order which involves both goods in the manual picking area and goods in the robot picking rack area, under control of the control system, a person-to-goods picking mode and a goods-to-person picking mode are used to complete the goods picking.