A control device includes a route acquisition unit configured to acquire a route of a movable body for moving a plurality of aligned target objects to or from a target position at which the target objects are to be picked up or dropped, a reference position/posture acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a route at which the movable body picks up or drops a first target object at the target position, and an information output unit configured to output the information acquired by the route acquisition unit to the movable body, in which the route acquisition unit acquires routes of the movable body for moving second and subsequent target objects, based on the information acquired by the reference position/posture acquisition unit.

A CPS-based smart forklift truck management device includes a space information collector collecting distribution warehouse space information, a distribution warehouse visualizer which generates a digital twin for a distribution warehouse space based on the collected distribution warehouse space information and visualizes a loading situation of an article storage and a movement situation of a forklift truck on the distribution warehouse space digital twin, a movement path information provider which selects a target location at which an article is to be stored based on the visualized distribution warehouse space digital twin and provides information a path through which the forklift truck is movable to the target location, and a height adjustment information provider which provides forklift height adjustment information of the forklift truck according to a location of a storage cell corresponding to the article storage when the forklift truck arrives at the article storage corresponding to the target location.

A variety of vehicle-based and warehouse-based solutions are provided to increase the adaptability, utility, and efficiency of materials handling vehicles in the warehouse environment, such as a materials handling vehicle comprising a picking attachment is secured to a fork carriage assembly and comprising an X-Y-Z-Ψ positioner to engage and disengage a target tote such that movement of the picking attachment along a Z axis by the X-Y-Z-Ψ positioner is independent of movement of the fork carriage assembly along the vertical axis Z′ by the mast assembly and mast assembly control unit. The fork carriage assembly may comprise a mobile storage cart support platform defined by one or more cart lifting forks, and an anti-rock cart engagement mechanism configured to engage a mobile storage cart supported by the cart lifting forks.

An industrial vehicle remote operation system includes an industrial vehicle and a remote operation device. The industrial vehicle includes a first vehicle communication unit and a second vehicle communication unit. The remote operation device includes a plurality of remote communication units that are arranged spaced apart from each other, and remotely operates the industrial vehicle by transmitting a remote instruction signal instructing a remote operation using at least one of the remote communication units. The first vehicle communication unit receives the remote instruction signal from a first target remote communication unit when in a first communication connection state, and the second vehicle communication unit receives the remote instruction signal from a second target remote communication unit when in a second communication connection state.

An industrial vehicle remote operation system includes an industrial vehicle that includes a vehicle communication unit performing wireless communication; and a remote operation device that includes a remote communication unit performing wireless communication with the vehicle communication unit. The industrial vehicle includes: a delay time calculation unit calculating a delay time corresponding to a difference between a reception period required for the vehicle communication unit to receive a plurality of remote operation signals and a generation period required for generating the plurality of remote operation signals; a communication delay determination unit performing a communication delay determination for determining whether or not a communication delay has been caused based on the delay time; and a communication delay handling control unit executing communication delay handling control corresponding to the communication delay when it is determined that the communication delay has been caused in the communication delay determination.

A device for remotely controlling at least one industrial truck comprises a remote operating station comprising one or more operating elements that correspond to an operating station of the at least one industrial truck. The one or more operating elements are configured to be actuated. A control unit is configured to generate control signals in response to the actuation of the one or more operating elements. The control unit is further configured to transmit the control signals to the at least one industrial truck via a radio transmission path.

A loading vehicle detects the position of a receiving relative to the loading vehicle and determines whether the receiving vehicle is to be repositioned. If so, it sends a repositioning message to the receiving vehicle and received acknowledgement that the loading vehicle has remote control of the positioning mechanisms in the receiving vehicle. a loading vehicle operator input is detected and a position control signal is sent to the receiving vehicle to reposition it relative to the loading vehicle.

A method for operating a materials handling vehicle is provided and comprises: monitoring, by a controller, a first vehicle drive parameter during a manual operation of the vehicle by an operator; storing, by the controller, data related to the monitored first vehicle drive parameter. The controller is configured to use the stored data for implementing a semi-automated driving operation of the vehicle subsequent to the manual operation of the vehicle. The method further comprises: detecting, by the controller, operation of the vehicle indicative of a start of a pick operation occurring during the manual operation of the vehicle; and based on detecting the start of the pick operation, resetting, by the controller, the stored data related to the monitored first vehicle drive parameter.

Operating a materials handling vehicle includes monitoring, by a controller, a first vehicle drive parameter during a first manual operation of the vehicle by an operator; monitoring, by the controller, the first vehicle drive parameter during a second manual operation of the vehicle by the operator; receiving, by the controller after the first manual operation of the vehicle and the second manual operation of the vehicle, a request to implement a semi-automated driving operation; calculating, by the controller, a first weighted average based on the monitored first vehicle drive parameter during the first manual operation of the vehicle and the monitored first vehicle parameter during the second manual operation of the vehicle; and based at least in part on the calculated first weighted average, controlling, by the controller, implementation of the semi-automated driving operation.

A lift device includes a base assembly, a turntable assembly, and a controller. The base assembly includes multiple base assembly batteries. The turntable assembly is rotatably coupled with the base assembly through a slip ring transmission. The turntable assembly includes multiple turntable assembly batteries. The controller is configured to operate the base assembly batteries to discharge electrical energy to the turntable batteries through the slip ring transmission. The slip ring transmission is configured to both (1) drive the turntable assembly to rotate relative to the base assembly and (2) to electrically and communicably couple electrical components of the base assembly with electrical components of the turntable assembly.