Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a chassis and a plurality of battery cells positioned along the chassis. The chassis includes a right frame member and a left frame member. Each of the right frame member and the left frame member has a vertical portion, a first end portion extending from a first end of the vertical portion, and a second end portion extending from an opposing second end of the vertical portion. The right frame member and the left frame member are configured to support a cab and a body. The right frame member and the left frame member extend lengthwise in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of battery cells are supported by at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member via couplings positioned along the vertical portion of the at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle may include a body defining a pair of refuse compartments including an isolation compartment and a storage compartment. The refuse vehicle may include a conveyor configured to direct refuse material into one of the pair of refuse compartments. The refuse vehicle may include an actuator configured to selectively redirect the refuse material from the conveyor to the isolation compartment. The refuse vehicle may include one or more sensors. The refuse vehicle may include processing circuitry configured to operate the actuator in a first direction to direct the refuse material to the storage compartment, determine, based on the sensor data, a presence of an object on the conveyor that should be directed to the isolation compartment, and operate the actuator in a second direction to redirect the object from the conveyor to the isolation compartment.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, and a body coupled to the chassis. The refuse vehicle further includes a grabber assembly coupled to the body, where the grabber assembly is configured to engage a refuse container, and a contaminant detection system. The contaminant detection system includes a detection device coupled to the grabber assembly, where the detection device configured to create scan data of refuse material contained within the refuse container, and a controller communicably coupled to the detection device. The controller includes one or more processors communicably coupled to a memory, with the memory storing identifiers corresponding to a presence of a contaminant within the refuse material. The controller is configured to generate a scan of the refuse material based on the scan data, and determine, based on the scan data and the identifiers, the presence of a contaminant within the refuse material.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle may include a chassis, a body, a contaminant sensor, a conveyor, a contaminant separating mechanism, and a controller. The body is supported by the chassis and defines a refuse compartment and a containment volume. The contaminant sensor is disposed within the refuse compartment. The conveyor is disposed within the refuse compartment and configured to convey refuse material past the contaminant sensor. The contaminant separating mechanism is configured to selectively direct refuse material into the containment volume. The controller is configured to receive sensor data from the contaminant sensor. The controller is also configured to determine a presence of a contaminant within the refuse material based on the sensor data. The controller is also configured to actuate the contaminant separating mechanism in response to the presence of the contaminant to direct the refuse material containing the contaminant into the containment volume.

Abstract: 1. A system for detecting a refuse can including at least one sensor and one or more processing circuits communicably coupled to the sensor. The one or more processing circuits are configured to capture, from the at least one sensor, data regarding a pickup location associated with a refuse can, determine, based on the data, if the refuse can is present at the pickup location, upon determining that the refuse can is absent from the pickup location, generate an indication that the refuse can is absent from the pickup location, and upon determining that the refuse can is present at the pickup location, generate a command to initiate a refuse collection operation.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis and defining a refuse compartment, a tailgate pivotally coupled to the body at a rear of the refuse compartment, a first camera coupled to the tailgate at a first location, a second camera coupled to the tailgate at a second location lower than the first location, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect a reverse operation of the refuse vehicle, cause the first camera to capture a first image during the reverse operation when the tailgate is at a closed position, and cause the second camera to capture a second image during the reverse operation when the tailgate is at a fully open position.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle system including: a refuse vehicle; and a drone including: a sensor configured to provide data relating to a status of refuse within a scan area, where the drone is configured to travel along a route ahead of the refuse vehicle; and a controller configured to: receive the data from the sensor; determine the status of the refuse within the scan area based on the data from the sensor, where the status includes at least one of (a) if an obstacle is present that obstructs access to a refuse container, or (b) a location of obstacles in relation to a refuse container; and generate a route for the refuse vehicle based on the status of the refuse within the scan area.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a tailgate, a tailgate actuator, and a tailgate locking assembly. The body supports the chassis and defines a receptacle configured to store refuse therein. The tailgate is positioned at an end of the receptacle and is rotatably coupled to the body. The tailgate actuator coupled to the tailgate and is configured to move the tailgate relative to the body between an open position and a closed position. The tailgate locking assembly is coupled to the body and the tailgate actuator and is configured to couple the tailgate to the body in response to the movement of the tailgate actuator.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body. A variable displacement pump is positioned within the vehicle body and is configured to pump hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fluid reservoir into a high pressure line of a hydraulic circuit. A lifting system on the vehicle includes at least one actuator in fluid communication with the variable displacement pump, which delivers pressurized hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid reservoir to the actuator through the high pressure line to adjust a position of the actuator. A valve is positioned downstream of the variable displacement pump. In a first valve position, the valve restricts flow outward from the high pressure line. In a second valve position, the valve directs fluid from the high pressure line into a lower pressure line to reduce a hydraulic pressure within the high pressure line and adjust an output parameter of the variable displacement pump.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a lift apparatus, an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) detector, a distance sensor, a camera, and processing circuitry. The lift apparatus includes forks configured to be received within pockets of a refuse container. The EMR detector detects a presence of a power line overhead of the refuse vehicle. The distance sensor detects a distance of an obstacle that is overhead of the refuse vehicle. The camera obtains image data of the obstacle that is overhead of the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry obtains feedback from the EMR detector, the distance sensor, and the camera and determines, based on the feedback, whether an obstacle is present within a threshold distance above the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry prevents operation of the lift apparatus responsive to determining that the obstacle is present within the threshold distance above the refuse vehicle.

Abstract: A reach assembly includes a body, a first extendable member, a second extendable member, a chain, and an electric motor. The first extendable member is received within and extendable from a first inner volume of the body. The second extendable member is received within and extendable from a second inner volume of the first extendable member. The chain is disposed within an inner volume of the second extendable member. The chain engages sprockets coupled at opposite ends of the first extendable member. The chain is fixed to the body at a first connection point and fixed to the second extendable member at a second connection point. The electric motor drives motion of the first extendable member relative to the body. Driving motion of the first extendable member relative to the body results in the second extendable member translating a corresponding degree of motion relative to the first extendable member.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly, an actuator assembly, an output device, and a control system. The actuator assembly is configured to engage with a refuse container. A portion of the actuator assembly is occluded from an operator's view. The output device provides a display. The control system is configured to monitor an operation of the actuator assembly, monitor a location of the refuse container, a portion of the refuse container occluded from the operator's view, generate a graphical representation of at least one of the actuator assembly during operation that includes the portion of the actuator assembly that is occluded or the refuse container that includes the portion of the refuse container that is occluded, and overlay, by the output device, the graphical representation of at least one of the actuator assembly or the refuse container onto the display.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a cab, a lift assembly coupled to the chassis and/or the body, and a control system. The lift assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, an implement coupled to the first arm and the second arm, and an actuator positioned to pivot the first arm and the second arm to facilitate repositioning the implement between a plurality of positions. The control system is configured to (i) control a user interface to provide an indication of a current position of the lift assembly, (ii) automatically reposition the lift assembly without requiring operator intervention to accommodate a low clearance environment, and/or (iii) limit a speed of the refuse vehicle in response to the current position not being a transit position.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a camera, and one or more processing circuits. The body defines a refuse compartment configured to store refuse therein. The one or more processing circuits are configured to acquire, from the camera, image data corresponding to refuse acquired by the refuse vehicle, determine, based on the image data, at least one parameter corresponding to at least one object within the refuse, generate, based on the image data and the at least one object within the refuse, display data including the image data and at least one display element identifying the at least one object within the refuse, and provide the display data to a user interface of the refuse vehicle.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a lift assembly coupled to the chassis or the body, one or more sensors configured to provide data relating to the presence of an obstacle proximate the refuse vehicle, and a controller configured to receive the data from the one or more sensors, determine, based on the data, a position of the obstacle with respect to the refuse vehicle, generate, based on the data, a safety zone around the refuse vehicle, wherein the safety zone includes the refuse vehicle and the immediate area around the refuse vehicle, determine, based on the position of the obstacle, whether the obstacle is within the safety zone, and initiate a control action if the obstacle is determined to be within the safety zone. The control action comprises controlling the movement of the refuse vehicle, controlling the movement of the lift assembly, or generating an alert.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a tailgate, a tailgate actuator, and a tailgate locking assembly. The body supports the chassis and defines a receptacle configured to store refuse therein. The tailgate is positioned at an end of the receptacle and is rotatably coupled to the body. The tailgate actuator coupled to the tailgate and is configured to move the tailgate relative to the body between an open position and a closed position. The tailgate locking assembly is coupled to the body and the tailgate actuator and is configured to couple the tailgate to the body in response to the movement of the tailgate actuator.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate a route, control a drone to surveil an area along the route, generate, from a sensor on the drone, status data for one or more refuse containers, analyze the status data to determine a status of refuse within the area, provide a notification to a customer based on the status of refuse, repeat surveillance to determine if the status of refuse has changed, generate a revised route in response to determining that the status of refuse has changed, and update a customer bill in response to determining that the status of refuse has changed.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body. A variable displacement pump is positioned within the vehicle body and is configured to pump hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fluid reservoir into a high pressure line of a hydraulic circuit. A lifting system on the vehicle includes at least one actuator in fluid communication with the variable displacement pump, which delivers pressurized hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid reservoir to the actuator through the high pressure line to adjust a position of the actuator. A valve is positioned downstream of the variable displacement pump. In a first valve position, the valve restricts flow outward from the high pressure line. In a second valve position, the valve directs fluid from the high pressure line into a lower pressure line to reduce a hydraulic pressure within the high pressure line and adjust an output parameter of the variable displacement pump.

Abstract: A grabber assembly includes a first grabber arm, a second grabber arm, a motor, and a plurality of gears. The plurality of gears includes a first gear directly coupled to the electric motor, an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear, and an arm gear coupled with the first grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the first grabber arm. The first gear is configured to rotate about an axis radially offset from a center thereof.