Techniques for transportation speed prediction and transit time estimation are provided. In an example, a computer system generates a first input to a first machine learning model based on temporal information, road segment information, and attribute information for road segments in a geographic…
Mobile drive units may comprise drive mechanisms and lift mechanisms to engage with, transport, and disengage from various payloads. The lift mechanisms may comprise various improvements for serviceability and durability of the mobile drive units. For example, various service access ports for…
Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing user privacy by using anonymized delivery labels may include identifying, by a first device, a computer-readable code on a parcel to be delivered to a delivery address, wherein delivery information of the parcel is absent from the parcel; sending, by the…
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for wireless charging of industrial equipment. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first mat configured to wirelessly charge a first device and a second device, the first mat having a first charging coil disposed in a first…
Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing user privacy by using anonymized delivery labels may include identifying, by a first device, a computer-readable code on a parcel to be delivered to a delivery address, wherein delivery information of the parcel is absent from the parcel; sending, by the…
Systems and methods are disclosed for contactless direction of sortation shuttles along a track. An example system for contactless direction of sortation shuttles may include a track having a linear path, and a curved path that intersects the linear path. The system may include a shuttle with a…
Techniques for graduated navigation displayed on an electronic device used in servicing items for users are described herein. For example, the electronic device can receive a first set of directions for moving towards a first geolocation associated with a service address using a first navigation…
A vehicle software test environment management system provides a virtual vehicle environment that includes virtual electronic control units (vECUs) having a virtual bus connectivity configuration used to simulate respective ones of electronic control units (ECUs) of a real-world vehicle. The…
A system can function relative to an item, a tether, and a robotic manipulator. The tether can correspond to a loop or other structure that can be mountable or mounted in an installed state in which the tether is secured with the item to facilitate lifting the item by lifting of the tether. The…
This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling…
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for package delivery guidance and assistance. A vehicle may comprise one or more sensors. A processing unit of the vehicle may determine, based on vehicle data obtained from the one or more sensors, that the vehicle is in a first state, determine that the…
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for improved wireless battery charging. The device may include a battery, and may be configured to determine that the battery is de-coupled from a wireless charger at a first time, determine that the battery is coupled to the wireless…
Techniques for dynamic profile data ingestion are described. The system may process profile data associated with one device, such as a mobile device, to associate it with another device, such as a vehicle. For example, when a connection is made between the first device and the second device, the…
Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing a vehicle shadow service that includes a vehicle and/or vehicle shadow update mechanism. A vehicle shadow management sub-system of the vehicle shadow service includes or interfaces with an interface configured to receive vehicle state change…
Systems and methods are disclosed for wireless powering and control of conveyors on shuttles. An example system may include a track, and a shuttle configured to move along the track, the shuttle having a conveyor, and a first induction coil. The system may include a second induction coil disposed…
A system comprising one or more computers implements a synthetic sensor service configured to deploy synthetic sensors to in-vehicle computing devices implementing an in-vehicle distributed computing environment. A synthetic sensor may be placed monolithically at a single computing device (e.g…
An audio/video recording and communication device configured as a doorbell has a housing with a support structure and a removable faceplate. A flexible translucent membrane of the faceplate supports a button aligned with a mechanical switch when the removable faceplate is attached to the housing…
This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling…
The present disclosure generally relates to a system of a delivery device for combining sensor data from various types of sensors to generate a map that enables the delivery device to navigate from a first location to a second location to deliver an item to the second location. The system obtains…
Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with…
Techniques for dynamic contact ingestion are described. A system may interpret a voice command received from a first device based on contact data or other information associated with a second device connected to the first device. For example, when a data connection is made between the first device…
A mobile drive unit includes a pivot between the front chassis unit and the rear chassis unit, thereby diminishing the total height of the unit.
A portable audio input/output device may include one or more openings that extend through a cover of the device and allow acoustic signals outside a housing of the device to reach a microphone disposed within the housing. The opening(s) may be illuminated by a light guide disposed within the…
A mobile pickup unit is provided that includes storage compartments (e.g., for containing items) and is configured to travel to a user pickup area and park as close as possible to an optimal location that is determined based on the locations of users who are scheduled to utilize the mobile pickup…