Systems and methods for automated article transportation and management thereof

A system for managing and tracking plant management at a site, the system comprising:

• a device management server for tracking an optimizing performance of plant management devices;
• and
• a plant management device communicatively connected to the device management server via a network, the plant management device including at least one device parameter for controlling an autonomous operation of the plant management device;
• wherein the plant management device is configured to:
• receive a task order for defining a plant management task to be performed by the plant management device, the task order including a task identifier and a plant identifier for a plant being managed by the plant management task;
• and
• autonomously perform the plant management task according to the received task order;
• send a task receipt notification including a task beneficiary identifier to the device management server, the task receipt notification for reporting the task order to the device management server;
• log errors made by the plant management device during performance of the plant management task and store the logged errors as error data;
• transmit the error data to the device management server;
• and wherein the device management server is configured to:
• generate a work report for the plant management device summarizing performance of the plant management task by the plant management device;
• generate a billing report including a billable amount for the plant management device using the task beneficiary identifier and billing rate data;
• and
• generate a productivity profile for the plant management device, the productivity profile for describing a productivity level of the plant management device;
• determine a device parameter optimization for optimizing the at least one device parameter of the plant management device using the received error data;
• and
• transmit the device parameter optimization to the plant management device as performance optimization data;
• and
• wherein the plant management device uses the performance optimization data to configure the at least one device parameter for the performance of a subsequent plant management task.