Aerial robot with dispensable conductive filament
First Claim
1. An aerial robot comprising:
- a body;
a plurality of sensors for detecting different types of environmental aspects associated with the aerial robot including orientation information and images of an observed area;
a first propeller coupled to the body and operable to provide thrust to the aerial robot;
a conductive filament that is operable to be coupled with a remote power supply, operable to be dispensed from the aerial robot, operable to provide power to the first propeller, and operable to transmit images of the observed area to a ground station; and
a controller that dynamically adjusts, independent of the remote power supply, operational aspects of the aerial robot in response to the orientation information detected by at least one of the plurality of sensors.
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Abstract
This disclosure involves aerial robots that dispenses conductive filament or systems, methods, and software for support such aerial robots. One remotely powered aerial robot system includes an aerial robot and a power source. The aerial robot comprises a body, a first propeller coupled to the body and operable to provide thrust to the aerial robot, a rotatable spool coupled to the body, and a conductive filament that is dispensed from the spool by rotation of the spool is one direction and retrieved by rotation of the spool in another direction. The power source is coupled with, and remote from, the aerial robot via the conductive filament, where the conductive filament is operable to power the first propeller using power from the power source.
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29 Claims
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1. An aerial robot comprising:
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a body; a plurality of sensors for detecting different types of environmental aspects associated with the aerial robot including orientation information and images of an observed area; a first propeller coupled to the body and operable to provide thrust to the aerial robot; a conductive filament that is operable to be coupled with a remote power supply, operable to be dispensed from the aerial robot, operable to provide power to the first propeller, and operable to transmit images of the observed area to a ground station; and a controller that dynamically adjusts, independent of the remote power supply, operational aspects of the aerial robot in response to the orientation information detected by at least one of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A remotely powered aerial robot system comprising:
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an aerial robot comprising; a body; a plurality of sensors for detecting different types of environmental aspects associated with the aerial robot including orientation information and images of an observed area; a first propeller coupled to the body and operable to provide thrust to the aerial robot; a spool coupled to the body; a conductive filament that is dispensed from the spool and transmits images of the observed area to a ground station; and a controller that dynamically adjusts, independent of the remote power source, operational aspects of the aerial robot in response to at least the orientation information detected by at least one of the plurality of sensors; and a power source coupled with, and remote from, the aerial robot via the conductive filament, the conductive filament operable to power the first propeller using power from the power source. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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