Systems and methods for home position and cart acquisition with a materials handling vehicle

A materials handling vehicle configured to navigate a vehicle transit surface, the materials handling vehicle comprising

• a fork carriage assembly, wherein:
• the materials handling vehicle is characterized by a cart engagement field of view;
• and
• the materials handling vehicle executes vehicle functions to
• (i) navigate along the vehicle transit surface to a localized engagement position where a cart home position is within the cart engagement field of view, and
• (ii) engage a mobile storage cart in the cart home position with the fork carriage assembly.

A method of operating a goods storage and retrieval system, the method comprising:

• providing the goods storage and retrieval system comprising a multilevel warehouse racking system, a mobile storage cart, a cart home position, and a materials handling vehicle disposed on a vehicle transit surface, wherein
• the materials handling vehicle comprises a fork carriage assembly,
• the materials handling vehicle is characterized by a cart engagement field of view;
• navigating the materials handling vehicle along the vehicle transit surface to a localized engagement position where the cart home position is within the cart engagement field of view;
• and
• engaging the mobile storage cart in the cart home position with the fork carriage assembly.