The invention is intended for the organization of an automated process for spraying of liquid means of chemical treatment from unmanned vehicles, for example, in precise farming systems. The invention provides the use of a replaceable, marked and hermetically sealed liquid subsystem with integrated pumping chambers in a spraying device together with an integrated self-diagnosis system allowing to ensure personnel safety and the accounting of the resources of main components of the spraying device. All this in combination enables to create fully automated spraying systems.

The present subject matter relates to systems, devices, and methods for agricultural sample collection. In one aspect, a sample collection system includes an aerial robotic platform, an arm assembly coupled to the aerial robotic platform and comprising an arm that extends away from the aerial robotic platform, and a sample collector connected to a distal end of the arm, wherein the sample collector is configured to selectively remove one or more samples of agricultural material from a plant to be analyzed.

Methods, apparatuses, system, devices, and computer program products for updating airspace awareness for unmanned aerial vehicles are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the classification of a detected object is identified based on sensor data collected by an in-flight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The location of the object is determined based on the sensor data. An airspace awareness controller generates, in dependence upon the classification of the object and the location of the object, an airspace awareness update concerning the object.

A buoy position monitoring method includes a buoy positioning step, an unmanned aerial vehicle receiving step and an unmanned aerial vehicle flying step. In the buoy positioning step, a plurality of buoys are put on a water surface. Each of the buoys is capable of sending a detecting signal. Each of the detecting signals is sent periodically and includes a position dataset of each of the buoys. In the unmanned aerial vehicle receiving step, an unmanned aerial vehicle is disposed on an initial position, and the unmanned aerial vehicle receives the detecting signals. In the unmanned aerial vehicle flying step, when at least one of the buoys is lost, the unmanned aerial vehicle flies to a predetermined position to get contact with the at least one buoy that is lost.

A system for performing work on electrical power lines and/or splices on electrical power lines comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a power line tool adapted to perch on an electrical power line and/or a splice on an electrical power line, a support frame selectively releasably attached to the UAV, and a plurality of flexible dielectric support lines attaching the power line tool to the support frame. Each of the support lines are attached to a corresponding attachment point on the support frame and a corresponding attachment point on the power line tool.

A method executed by a control device includes: acquiring odor information indicating an odor intensity of each of a plurality of garbage collection sites, the odor intensity being detected by an odor sensor; determining an order in which garbage is collected from each of the garbage collection sites based on the odor information; and causing a garbage collection device to sequentially collect the garbage from each of the garbage collection sites according to the order.

Embodiments describe a computer-implemented method for generating a flight plan for a remote deployable transient sensory system using a coverage path planning system. The method includes generating, using the remote deployable transient sensory system, a first sensory dataset comprising sensory data associated with a plurality of building envelope features associated with a built environment, building a second sensory dataset comprising a 3-dimensional (3-D) point cloud model using the first sensory dataset and identifying, in the 3-D point cloud, via the processor, a plurality of virtual energy efficiency features associated with respective energy efficiency feature locations of the building. The system generates the flight plan based on a flight metric optimization scheme.

Systems and methods for determining object location may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to collect seismic data and geophysical data to determine object location. The processor may be configured to determine one or more seismic attributes associated with a plurality types of noises based on the seismic data and the geophysical data using one or more machine learning algorithms. The processor may be configured to eliminate unwanted noises from noise classifications based on the one or more seismic attributes. The processor may be configured to predict the object location by comparing time and velocity data of the object with recorded timing and velocity data. The processor may be configured to validate the object location by comparing the determined noise with image data. The systems and methods may be used in, for example, detecting missing planes such as Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.

The invention relates to a spray unit (10) with an axle (20), an atomising disc (30), a spray direction modifying assembly (40), and a liquid applicator (50). The atomising disc is configured to spin about the axle centred on the centre of the disc. The liquid applicator is configured to apply liquid to a surface of the atomising disc. The spray direction modifying assembly is in proximity to the atomising disc. The spray direction modifying assembly comprises at least one air channel (41). The at least one air channel is configured to provide air in proximity to the atomising disc to modify the subsequent trajectory of the liquid droplets that leave the outer edge of the atomising disc.