Transport Vehicle With Lift And Rotate Functionality

An upgrade kit for a transport vehicle, comprising:

• lift control elements, support elements, and
• a support table resting on the support elements,
• the lift control elements configured to raise and/or lower the support table to control a vertical position of the support table, and
• the support elements configured to rotate the support table to control an angular position of the support table.

A method for loading and wrapping items, the method comprising:

• providing an item transport vehicle comprising an autonomous mobile robot, lift control elements and support elements arranged atop the autonomous mobile robot, and a support table that rests on the support elements;
• at an item loading station,
• a) activating the lift control elements to control a vertical position of the support table by raising and/or lowering the support table, and/or
• b) activating the support elements to control an angular position of the support table by rotating the support table, to load items on the support table;
• deploying the item transport vehicle from the item loading station to a stretch wrapping applicator station;
• and
• at the stretch wrapping applicator station,
• activating the support elements to control a rotation speed of the support table, thereby stretch wrapping a film from the stretch wrapping applicator station around the items on the support table.