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Surface cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle

  • US 9,993,852 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2014
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2014
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

  • an airframe;

    a rotary wing system including a plurality of rotors coupled with the airframe and configured to aerodynamically lift the vehicle in the air;

    a flight controller configured to control the plurality of rotors while airborne; and

    a cleansing controller configured to manage a removal of a surface contaminant from a selected portion of a surface of an external object using an airflow generated by the rotary wing system and further configured to instruct the flight controller to controllably direct at least a portion of the airflow of one or more of the plurality of rotors toward the selected portion of the surface of the external object to dislodge the surface contaminant.

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