Systems and methods provide assistance to an operator of a material handling vehicle. A training reinforcement assistance device has a frame supporting an optical system, the optical system being configured to display virtual content on a display, and to enable viewing of at least a portion of a surrounding environment; an imager operably coupled with the frame; an accelerometer operably coupled with the frame and configured to detect an orientation of the frame; an eye-tracking unit operably coupled with the frame and configured to detect a viewing direction of an operator; and a controller operably coupled with the imager and the display. The controller receives environmental information from at least one of the imager, the accelerometer, or the eye-tracking unit and to overlay the image of the environment to assist the operator in maneuvering a material handling vehicle based on vehicle kinematics of the material handling vehicle.

A method is provided for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication between a remote control device comprising a peripheral BLE device and a controller on a materials handling vehicle comprising a central BLE device. The method comprises: polling via a plurality of connection requests, by the central BLE device, communicated with the peripheral BLE device with which the central BLE device is paired. The peripheral BLE device comprising one or more activatable switches. Based on the status of the one or more activatable switches, the peripheral BLE device sending reply messages to at least a portion of the plurality of connection requests in accordance with at least one of a first or a second communication operating mode. When operating in the first communication operating mode, the peripheral BLE device replies to only a portion of the plurality of connection requests, wherein each reply message is indicative of the status of the one or more activatable switches.

A method of providing transfer between a remotely actuatable carrier and a container support structure is disclosed, the method including providing a remotely actuatable carrier including a plurality of support ridges proximate the support structure and providing sensor output information regarding alignment of the remotely actuatable carrier and the container support structure, the container support structure including a plurality of support structure protrusions; and passing the plurality of support ridges of the remotely actuatable carrier between the plurality of support structure protrusions responsive to the sensor output information.

A method is disclosed of providing processing of a plurality of objects. the method comprising providing a plurality of containers from an input conveyance system to a plurality of container input stations, actuating a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers to move the containers from the plurality of input stations to a plurality of container support structures, as well as to any of a plurality of programmable motion devices for moving objects between containers; scheduling movement of the containers to and from the plurality of programmable motion devices; and providing a completed subset of the plurality of containers to an output conveyance system.

An object processing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers for controlled movement in least two mutually orthogonal directions, each carrier including a base and a payload portion for receiving a container, each the payload portion being adapted to move in an elevational direction and a rotational direction about a rotational axis that is substantially parallel with the elevational direction.

Motorized vehicles that include a mast, a carriage supported by the mast, a hydraulic cylinder configured to raise and lower the carriage along the mast, forks or a platform coupled to the carriage and configured to support a load wherein raising and lowering the carriage raises and lowers the forks or the platform and thereby raises and lowers the load supported thereon, a system of sensors configured to gather data relating to objects in proximity to the motorized vehicle including at least two cameras configured to obtain video of at least two areas around the motorized vehicle, and one or more display screens configured to visually display the data gathered by the system of sensors or information based thereon to an operator including real-time video obtained by the cameras. Methods are provided for operating the vehicles with improved operator visibility and situational awareness relative to pre-existing vehicles.

A remote operation system 1 includes: an image capturing device 20, provided at a forklift F; a head-mounted type image display device 10, mounted to a head of an operator O; a command reception device 11, receiving a remote operation command by the operator O; and a synthesized remote image generation device 12A, obtaining a content of the remote operation command received by the command reception device 11, an action state of the forklift F acting according to the remote operation command, and a remote image captured by the image capturing device 20, and generating a synthesized remote image by synthesizing a command display image indicating the content of the remote operation command and an action display image indicating the action state of the forklift F into the remote image. The head-mounted type image display device 10 displays the generated synthesized remote image before eyes of the operator O.

A materials handling vehicle includes: a power unit including: a steered wheel, and a steering device for generating a steer control signal; a load handling assembly coupled to the power unit; a controller located on the power unit for receiving the steer control signal; and a sensing device on the power unit and coupled to the controller. The sensing device monitors areas in front of and next to the vehicle. Based on sensing device data, the controller may modify at least one of the following vehicle parameters: a maximum allowable turning angle or a steered-wheel-to-steering-device ratio.

A materials handling vehicle receives a wirelessly communicated performance tuning profile, and responsive thereto, adjusts at least one operating capability. The performance tuning profile can be updated dynamically as the materials handling vehicle is operated in a work environment based upon a number of different factors including operational, operator, environmental, other, or combinations thereof. Additional aspects provide a graphical user interface that allows an individual such as a supervisor to create a library of performance tuning profiles, and create and/or program a rules engine to automatically convey an appropriate performance tuning profile to a corresponding materials handling vehicle responsive to detecting a corresponding event associated with a programmed rule.

A system is provided comprising: a materials handling vehicle; a wearable remote control device comprising: a wireless communication system including a wireless transmitter; and a rechargeable power source; a receiver at the vehicle for receiving transmissions from the wireless transmitter; a controller at the vehicle that is communicably coupled to the receiver, the controller being responsive to receipt of the transmissions from the remote control device; and a charging station at the vehicle. The charging station may charge the rechargeable power source of the wearable remote control device. The charging station may comprise a visual indicator.