Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers

A motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications from a remote central computer system;
• a control circuit coupled with the transceiver;
• a motorized wheel system controlled by the control circuit;
• a lift system controlled by the control circuit;
• and
• a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to:
• activate the motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container, wherein the item container is one of a plurality of item containers that are usable by customers and configured to be moved by customers through the shopping facility;
• and
• activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor.