Smart Forklift to Reduce Accidents

Abstract

This paper is to design a Smart Forklift model which reduces accident rates. Forklift is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move material over short distance. It is one of the most used machines employed for several types of tasks. Forklift is used on small as well as large scale on multiple locations. Various forklifts are available according to load capacity. Forklifts for general load purpose have capacity from 1 to 5 tons, and that of for heavier loads it has capacity of 50 tons. It has major drawback of severe accidents because of less safety features. To avoid these unwanted accidents, Smart Forklift is introduced, with arduino, gyro sensor, which decreases the rate of accidents and increases the safety of driver as well as vehicle. This design includes a small model which will detect problem whenever Forklift is in danger mode and a security threat indication is sent through a buzzer and light indication to driver.