Object handling apparatus

An apparatus, comprising:

• a main body defining a bottom surface, a back vertical surface, a first side vertical surface, and a second side vertical surface opposite to the first side vertical surface, and an open front, to define an interior space open to a front of the main body and enclosed by the bottom surface, the back vertical surface, the first side vertical surface, and the second side vertical surface;
• a drive system that propels and positions the apparatus along a horizontal surface;
• a height adjustable platform system mounted in the interior space, including:
• a first vertical support near the first side vertical surface, and a second vertical support near the second side vertical surface;
• a horizontal platform movably supported by the first vertical support and second vertical support;
• and
• a vertical drive system that adjusts the horizontal platform in the-a vertical direction on the first vertical support and second vertical support;
• wherein the horizontal platform is adjusted to a height of an equipment drawer of an electronics rack that is external to the apparatus such that the horizontal platform supports the equipment drawer when the equipment drawer is in an extracted position from the electronics rack and is received within the interior space.