Artificial intelligence, AI is reshaping Material Handling Equipment or (MHE) safety by shifting the industry towards a collaborative environment from forklift operator, worker to AI forklift safety system. It seems weird to include AI in a collaborative way, but it works. How?
Forklift operators have a difficult task. They are constantly trained on forklift safety and watching for pedestrians as they work and operate the forklift. Do you see what we’re asking them to do? Have eyes in the front, back and sides of their heads. As for pedestrians, they continue to jump in back of a forklift because they want to continue working. You would think that they would know better after hearing so many stories of workers trapped, pinned and crushed by a forklift for doing exactly what they did. Unfortunately, safety managers can’t seem to get it through their daily habits to stop doing this action. It is dangerous. That’s where the AI collaboration comes in.
AI collaborates by constantly watching for pedestrians with an AI camera that can identify a person from an object, and give the right warning to the operator. It also collaborates by ensuring that no person who is not authorized to drive a forklift stays off by never starting. It collaborates with the driver by ensuring the he/she is certified and compliant. It also collaborates by ensuring the driver sees what he/she can’t with partial human detection. AI sees what the operator can’t. As we said, AI is reshaping material handling equipment, and we lead the way. Contact us today.