Yale Reliant™ is the first operator assistance system of its kind to leverage a suite of four technologies, enabling automatic performance control based on not only equipment information, but operating environment. It provides proximity detection through either local or real-time location technologies that use tags on equipment, pedestrians and infrastructure to provide truck-to-truck, truck-to-pedestrian and truck-to-beacon detection. For further awareness, including objects not connected to proximity tags, lidar-based technology detects obstacles in the path of travel. Advanced dynamic stability uses information from lidar and proximity detection, together with equipment-level sensors and inputs, to provide advanced traction, hydraulic and overload control to support lift truck stability.
This technology suite enables warehouses to not only prevent trucks from moving overweight loads and automatically reduce travel speed when traveling around corners, Yale Reliant also helps reinforce site-specific traffic rules, such as proper following distance, reduced speed around pedestrians and restricted lift height in specific areas. Paired with strong employee training, Yale Reliant can help support safety initiatives and help businesses protect already thin margins.
Yale Reliant™ is a tool for supporting operator situational awareness and adherence to lift truck best practices. It triggers dynamic alerts to inform operators of proper protocols and initiates lift truck performance reduction based on proximity to pedestrians and obstacles, load weight, equipment status and location-specific rules, all while leaving the operator in ultimate control of the equipment.
In practice, this platform enables a broad range of functionality. For example, warehouses can set the desired following distance between equipment, and Yale Reliant can automatically limit speed to maintain proper distance. Operations can implement location-based rules to limit travel speed at the end of aisles, exclude equipment from pedestrian-heavy zones and much more. Yale Reliant also can apply performance controls in a variety of scenarios based on truck sensors and inputs, such as restricting travel and lift functions if a load exceeds the weight limit and reducing cornering speed to avoid upsetting stability.
