https://www.maximizemarketresearch.com/market-report/global-autonomous-forklifts-market/77921/ Driverless industrial vehicles are gaining a lot of interest right now as a way to automate tasks like carrying, lifting, lowering, putting away, or retrieving cargo without the need for a human operator. Although automated forklifts account for less than 2% of all forklifts sold in North America, there has never been a greater need for this technology. Many manufacturers are looking to automate material handling operations since limiting human interaction minimizes the risk of COVID-19 exposure. COVID-19 has made autonomous forklifts a reality for small footprint industrial companies, despite being acknowledged years ago. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) include autonomous forklifts, however the word is most generally used to designate conveyances that don't have forks and only provide horizontal movement. Due of a constrained labour market in the United States, significant growth for this product category was projected prior to the pandemic. The apparent solution to filling that labour gap was automation, which provided continuous, constant performance 24 hours a day, seven days a week while lowering the expense of recruiting and onboarding new employees.