Refuse container engagement

1. A system for collecting refuse, the system comprising:

a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, the grabber including a first arm and a second arm;

at least one controller configured to receive a user selection of a target positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm from a plurality of target positionings, wherein each of the plurality of target positionings corresponds to a respective refuse container size; and

a computing device configured to control a positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, wherein the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning prior to engaging the refuse container.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of target positionings includes a distance between the first arm and the second arm that is at least a width of the respective refuse container size.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is further usable to incrementally adjust the positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is further usable to continuously adjust the positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is further usable to select a baseline positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, and wherein selection of the baseline positioning causes the target positioning of the first arm and the second arm to correspond to the baseline positioning.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the baseline positioning is an open positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning to when a spearing mode for operating the grabber is engaged.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the at least one controller includes a control element to activate the spearing mode; and

the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning in response to the controller receiving a selection of the target positioning and activation of the spearing mode using the control element.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller comprises a touchscreen display that includes one or more control elements for selecting the target positioning.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target positioning comprises:

an angle between each of the first arm and the second arm and a longitudinal axis of a grabber beam of the grabber; and

a distance between the first arm and the second arm.

11. A refuse collection vehicle comprising:

a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, the grabber including a first arm and a second arm;

at least one controller that is configured to receive a user selection of a target positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm from a plurality of target positionings, wherein each of the plurality of target positionings corresponds to a respective refuse container size; and

a computing device configured to control a positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, wherein the computing device causes the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning prior to engaging the refuse container.

12. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of target positionings includes a distance between the first arm and the second arm that is at least a width of the respective refuse container size.

13. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the at least one controller is further usable to incrementally adjust the positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

14. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the at least one controller is further usable to continuously adjust the positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

15. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein:

the computing device is an onboard computing device communicatively coupled to the grabber and the at least one controller; and

causing the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning comprises the onboard computing device sending one or more signals instructing the grabber to move the first arm and the second arm to the selected target positioning.

16. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising:

at least one sensor that is communicatively coupled to the computing device and that is arranged to sense a current positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm, wherein the computing device is configured to cause the first arm and the second arm to automatically move to the selected target positioning based at least partly on data from the at least one sensor describing the current positioning of the first arm relative to the second arm.

17. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the at least one controller comprises a touchscreen display that includes one or more control elements for selecting the target positioning.

18. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the target positioning comprises:

an angle between each of the first arm and the second arm and a longitudinal axis of a grabber beam of the grabber; and

a distance between the first arm and the second arm.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a plurality of control elements for selecting the target positioning, wherein each control element in the plurality of control elements corresponds to a particular refuse container size.

20. The refuse collection vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the controller comprises a plurality of control elements for selecting the target positioning, wherein each control element in the plurality of control elements corresponds to a particular refuse container size.