An aerial vehicle according to the present invention includes: at least one rotor configured to generate an air flow for lifting; and at least one sound producing structure having an opening and configured to produce sound for scaring birds and animals when the air flow generated by the rotor causes air to flow into the opening.

A method is provided for supporting an aircraft to execute a mission in which the aircraft maneuvers in an airspace system. The method includes detecting a lost-link event in which a datalink between the aircraft and a control station is interrupted or lost, and responsive to which the aircraft is preconfigured to execute a procedure. The method also includes conveying an intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure over a radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system. In this regard, conveying the intent includes composing a message that indicates the intent of the aircraft to execute the procedure. The message is applied to a text-to-speech engine to convert the message to a corresponding verbal message in which the intent of the aircraft is conveyed. The corresponding verbal message is then sent over the radio channel assigned for voice communication in the airspace system.

A method of pollinating a plant: flying an unmanned aerial vehicle above the plant and generating a thrust that contacts the plant, that produces a sound pressure level of at least 6×10.sup.−5 Pascal at the plant, and that produces a frequency that induces the plant to release pollen.

A method is provided for supporting operations of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) on a flight in an airspace system. The method includes receiving instructions that describe a cleared path the UAV is authorized by an air navigation service provider (ANSP) to travel through the airspace system. The method includes determining guidance modes of the UAV based on the instructions, and engaging the guidance modes in which the UAV is caused to perform the procedures to carry out the flight. The guidance modes indicate procedures of the UAV, the guidance modes including lateral flight modes and vertical flight modes, that are subject to rules defined by the ANSP for travel through the airspace system under instrument flight rules (IFR), and the lateral flight modes and the vertical flight modes are separate and independent from one another.

An intelligent rescue method applied to a vehicle-mounted device and an airborne rescue device to enable semi-automatic warning and rescue of a broken-down, crashed, drowned, or stranded vehicle, enables communication between the vehicle-mounted device and the rescue device. The vehicle-mounted device determines by sensors a type of emergency of a vehicle, and performs a first assistance action and sends the rescue device a distress signal corresponding to the type of the emergency of the vehicle. The rescue device receives the distress signal and takes off from an initial position of the vehicle to a target position in response to the distress signal. Once the rescue device reaches the target position, the rescue device performs a second action for assistance.

An autonomous remote device for deployment in an area, comprising: a mechanism for launching the device airborne from a first of a plurality of locations; a mechanism for navigating the device when airborne to a second of the plurality of locations; and a mechanism for landing the device at the second of the plurality of locations.

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 use of a replaceable, marked and hermetically sealed liquid subsystem in the spray device of the invention, along with an integrated self-diagnosis system, using compressed gas energy and a pressure regulator instead of standard pumps, reduces the weight of the spraying device, improves spraying accuracy, ensures personnel safety and accounting of the accumulated life resource of the main units of spraying devices. All this in combination enables to create fully automated spraying systems.

We describe an aircraft design, which is capable of vertical takeoff and landing and also high-speed cruise on a fixed wing. The aircraft comprises a fuselage with a probe-deployment mechanism, which deploys a sample-gathering probe, located at a front end of the fuselage. A main wing is coupled to a middle section of the fuselage, wherein a right motor and right propeller are coupled to a right side of the main wing, and a left motor and left propeller are coupled to a left side of the main wing. The right and left propellers are angled with respect to the fuselage enabling the aircraft to pitch up to a vertical-takeoff mode and pitch down a horizontal-cruising mode. A pitch motor and pitch propeller are located at the rear end of the fuselage, wherein the pitch propeller is angled to provide substantially vertical thrust to control a pitch of the fuselage.

A maintenance support system includes a terminal to be connected to one or more devices and one or more autonomous mobile bodies configured to acquire an own location, and transmits abnormality information from an abnormal device to the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body travels to a location of the abnormal device, based on the abnormality information.

Flight cessation detection unit detects that drone has ceased flying at an unexpected site. Situation information acquisition unit acquires, as situation information indicating a situation related to retrieval of the drone, information on weather in an area in which the drone has flown. Retrieval procedure determination unit determines a retrieval procedure for the drone based on a situation indicated by the acquired situation information. Retrieval procedure determination unit, upon detecting a time period having specific weather based on the acquired information on weather, determines a retrieval procedure in which the time period is designated as a retrieval time.