Embodiments provided herein include systems and methods for location-based field shaping. One embodiment of a system includes a materials handling vehicle and a computing device that are configured to receive location data via at least one of the plurality of transceiver anchors, receive sensor data from at least one sensor related to the characteristic of operation of the materials handling vehicle, and determine a first location of the materials handling vehicle in the covered environment. Some embodiments may be configured to determine a vector of movement of the materials handling vehicle, determine a shaped detection field for the materials handling vehicle from the vector of movement, and detect an object that encroaches on the shaped detection field. Some embodiments may be configured to send information to the materials handling vehicle to alter operation of the materials handling vehicle to reduce a likelihood of collision with the object.

A steering control system for a vehicle that detects a magnetic field generated from an electromagnetic induction line and that is capable of autonomous travelling along said electromagnetic induction line, where the steering control system includes: a plurality of induction line detection sensors attached to said vehicle: and a control device that, for every control cycle and on the basis of a deviation of said vehicle from said electromagnetic induction line calculated from detection data acquired by said plurality of induction line detection sensors, generates and outputs a travelling control signal that causes said vehicle to turn so as to cancel the deviation or causes said vehicle to advance straight forward, wherein a deviation detection reference point of said plurality of induction line detection sensors is disposed at a position separated from a pivot serving as the turning center of said vehicle.

A method and a system for docking a robotic mower with a charging station is disclosed wherein the robotic mower comprises a control unit, a Real-Time Kinematic, RTK, unit, and a sensor and the charging station comprises a signal generator (6) and two near field wire loops. The system is configured to generate two synchronous near fields in the two near field wire loops, the near fields having magnetic fields in different directions and wherein the magnetic field is zero in between the two synchronous near fields, instruct the robotic mower to return to the charging station, navigate the robotic mower to a predetermined position using RTK, detect the near fields, navigate towards the zero magnetic field between the two near fields, and continue to navigate the robotic mower towards the charging station by following the zero magnetic field to dock with the charging station.