Autonomous Retrofit Prototype for Depot Forklift Retriever Operations at Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD)

Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) operates seven rollback retriever trucks to dispatch and recover forklifts across a mixed network of paved and unpaved depot roads. Each retriever mission requires a standard crew of three personnel a driver, an operator, and a helper—generating an ongoing labor demand that limits workforce availability for higher-priority depot functions. With growing pressure on Army installations to sustain logistics throughput with constrained staffing, BGAD seeks to determine wh...