Refuse vehicle with spatial awareness

A refuse vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment;
• one or more sensors coupled to the body assembly and configured to provide data relating to the presence of an obstacle within a proximity of the refuse vehicle, wherein the proximity of the refuse vehicle includes a first area around the refuse vehicle that is visible to an operator and a second area around the refuse vehicle that is not visible to the operator;
• a controller configured to:
• receive the data from the one or more sensors;
• determine, using an obstacle detector and the data, the presence and at least one of a position, a speed, or a direction of travel of an obstacle;
• and
• initiate a control action based on at least one of the presence, position, speed, or direction of travel of the obstacle when the obstacle is detected within the second area but not when the obstacle is detected within the first area, wherein the control action includes at least one of controlling the movement of the refuse vehicle, controlling the movement of a lift assembly attached to the body assembly, or generating an alert.

A refuse vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment;
• one or more sensors coupled to the body and configured to provide data relating to the presence of an obstacle within a proximity of the refuse vehicle, wherein the proximity of the refuse vehicle includes a first area around the refuse vehicle that is visible to an operator and a second area around the refuse vehicle that is not visible to the operator;
• a controller configured to:
• receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors;
• determine, using an obstacle detector and the data, at least one of a presence, a position, a speed, or a direction of travel of the obstacle within the proximity of the refuse vehicle;
• classify the obstacle based on the determination regarding at least one of the presence, position, speed, or direction of travel of the obstacle;
• associate a risk with the obstacle based on at least one of the classification, presence, position, speed, or direction of travel of the obstacle;
• and
• generate, when the obstacle is detected within the second area but not when the obstacle is detected within the first area, an alert that varies based on the associated risk of the obstacle.