Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station includes a housing and a UAV fixation system. The housing includes a top-plate configured for a UAV to land on the top-plate. The UAV fixation system is configured to direct the UAV present on the top-plate to a battery-exchange zone of the top-plate.
Abstract:
A sliding door assembly includes a landing platform located in a first plane, a sliding door mating with the landing platform and located in a second plane approximately parallel to the first plane, and a driving assembly configured to drive the sliding door to move translationally in the second plane to open or close the sliding door.
Abstract:
A positioning mechanism comprises a base comprising a landing area and a guide member. The landing area comprises a positioning portion. The guide member is movably arranged at the landing area and comprises a guide surface. The guide member is configured to be movable with respect to the base. A height of the guide member relative to the landing area is configured to be lower when the guide member is in a non-operating state than when the guide member is in an operating state. The guide surface is configured to adjoin the positioning portion when the guide member is in the operating state.
Abstract:
A system for landing a mobile platform, such as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”) and methods for making and using the same. The system can land the UAV by applying a magnetic levitation force upon the UAV and adjusting the applied magnetic levitation force. The system can initiate a landing process to a designated docking station and can guide the UAV to an adjacency of the designated docking station. Once the UAV has entered the adjacency, the magnetic levitation forces can take control of the landing process. During the landing process, certain magnetic sensitive devices installed on the UAV and/or on the designated docking station can be protected by turning them off or by shielding them. The system overcomes disadvantages of currently-available landing systems by restricting a size and weight of the landing arrangements, as well as, avoiding potential damage to the UAV and the designated docking station.
Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a first arm and a second arm extendable from the central body and respectively disposed on the first side and the second side. Each arm of the first arm and the second arm includes a plurality of sections and holds a set of rotor blades via a rotor shaft, and the plurality of sections includes a first section and a second section rotatably connected to the first section. The each arm of the first arm and the second arm is configured to transform between a flight configuration in which the second section of the each arm is extended away from the central body and a compact configuration in which the plurality of sections of the each arm are located at a corresponding side of the central body.
Abstract:
A battery replacement device including a first linear motion mechanism, a second linear motion mechanism mounted on the first linear motion mechanism, a third linear motion mechanism mounted on the second linear motion mechanism, and a clamp mechanism mounted on one of the first, second, and third linear motion mechanisms. Each of the first, second, and third linear motion mechanisms includes a carrying member and a driving member configured to drive the carrying member to move translationally in one of a first axis direction, a second axis direction, and a third axis direction that build a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. A coordinate position of the clamp mechanism in the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is adjusted by the first driving member, the second driving member, and the third driving member.
Abstract:
A method for operating a vehicle chassis includes providing the vehicle chassis including a main body and at least one compartment arranged on the vehicle chassis, selectively receiving one or more components in the compartment, and effecting an operational state of a vehicle comprising the vehicle chassis based on a type of at least one of the one or more components that are selectively received in the compartment. The one or more components is selected from a plurality of components of different types.
Abstract:
A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a representation of the surface that comprises a plurality of flight sections, and identifying a flight path based on the representation of the surface. The flight path allows an aircraft, when following the flight path, to conduct an operation over the flight sections.
Abstract:
A method for servicing an object via a mobile platform includes maintaining a distance between the mobile platform and the object and performing a task for the object while maintaining the distance.
Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a detection device configured to generate a supplement demand signal in response to a need of the UAV for resource supplement, a wireless communication device configured to establish a wireless communication connection with at least one aerial platform and communicate with the at least one aerial platform in response to the supplement demand signal being generated, and a flight control device configured to determine a target aerial platform from the at least one aerial platform, generate a flight control signal based upon communication information of the target aerial platform received by the wireless communication device, and adjust a spatial distance between the UAV and the target aerial platform based upon the flight control signal to enable an airborne replenishment to the UAV by the target aerial platform.