SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT DETERMINATION AND CLOSED LOOP SPEED CONTROL

A material handling vehicle control systems (100) and methods comprise a plurality of sensors (102; 104), the plurality of sensors coupled to a material handling vehicle; a data collection system; a processor (106), the processor executing a real time weight calculation program, the weight calculation program comprising the steps of receiving data from the plurality of sensors; and combining the data from the plurality of sensors to continuously determine a real time weight value of a load of the material handling vehicle; the processor controlling a speed of the material handling vehicle based on at least the real time weight value.