OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002103

Industrial truck with detection devices on the forks

Published: 2026-09-15T19:10:49.399323Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002103
Categories: Lifting, Positioning & Manipulation > Lift Tables and Positioners

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ABSTRACT

An industrial truck comprising a vehicle body and a pair of fork prongs. Each
of the fork prongs extends from the vehicle body towards a corresponding fork
end in a longitudinal direction. The industrial truck comprises a plurality of
wheels with which the industrial truck stands and moves on a driving surface
in a driven and steered manner. At least one of the wheels is assigned to each
of the fork prongs. The industrial truck comprises a lifting mechanism to
adjust a height of the fork prongs above the driving surface. The industrial
truck comprises at least one detection unit to detect objects located in
surroundings of the truck within a detection region and to output
corresponding data and a control unit operatively coupled to the at least one
detection unit to receive and process the data output by the at least one
detection unit.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002103
Published 2026-09-15T19:10:49.399323Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002103