Truck load dumping for an autonomous loader

An autonomous loader comprising:

• a speed control mechanism;
• a steering system;
• a bucket;
• a geolocation sensor that can produce loader geolocation data;
• a sensor array;
• a transceiver that can communicate with and receive data from at least a base station;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled with the speed control mechanism, the steering system, the geolocation sensor, the sensor array, and the transceiver, the controller has code that:
• receives dump truck geolocation data for a dump truck via the transceiver;
• receives loader geolocation data for the autonomous loader;
• receives sensor data from the sensor array indicating the presence of the dump truck;
• raises the bucket on the autonomous loader to a height;
• directs the autonomous loader toward the dump truck via either or both the speed control mechanism and the steering system using the loader geolocation data and the dump truck geolocation data so that the bucket is positioned above a body or bed of the dump truck;
• ignores warnings indicating that the loader is approaching the dump truck along the path of the autonomous loader, such that the loader gets closer to the dump truck than a predetermined proximity to allow the loader to be close enough to the dump truck to dump a load in the bucket regardless of the warnings;
• and
• rotate the bucket downward to release the load in the bucket into the body or bed of dump truck.