Technologies for managing data center assets using unmanned aerial vehicles
First Claim
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for managing assets of a data center, the UAV comprising:
- one or more processors; and
one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UAV to;
navigate throughout a data center;
identify assets of the data center comprising one or more of server racks or servers based on known characteristics of the assets;
capture data center mapping information during the navigation, wherein the data center mapping information is usable to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the data center including the identified assets of the data center; and
transmit the captured data center mapping information to a remote computing device wirelessly coupled to the UAV.
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Abstract
Technologies for managing assets of a data center include a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communicatively coupled to a remote computing device. The UAV is configured to navigate throughout a data center and capture data center mapping information during the navigation usable to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the data center. The UAV is further configured to transmit the captured data center mapping information to a remote computing device. Accordingly, the UAV can receive instructions from a remote computing device that define a type of task to be performed by the UAV in the data center and perform such a task (e.g., a data center map update task, an asset inventory task, a maintenance task, a visual inspection task, etc.) based on the received task instructions. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for managing assets of a data center, the UAV comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UAV to; navigate throughout a data center; identify assets of the data center comprising one or more of server racks or servers based on known characteristics of the assets; capture data center mapping information during the navigation, wherein the data center mapping information is usable to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the data center including the identified assets of the data center; and transmit the captured data center mapping information to a remote computing device wirelessly coupled to the UAV. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed cause an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to:
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navigate throughout a data center; identify assets of the data center comprising one or more of server racks and servers based on known characteristics of the assets; capture data center mapping information during the navigation, wherein the data center mapping information is usable to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the data center including the identified assets of the data center; and transmit the captured data center mapping information to a remote computing device wirelessly coupled to the UAV. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for managing assets of a data center, the UAV comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more data storage devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UAV to; navigate to a location of a server in a data center; connect to the server via a wireless communication channel; perform maintenance on the server; and transmit results of the maintenance on the server to a remote computing device wirelessly coupled to the UAV. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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