In one example, a method of operating a plurality of aerial vehicles in an environment includes receiving, at a first command module of a first aerial vehicle navigating along a first flight path, sensor data from one or more sensors on board the first aerial vehicle. The sensor data reflects one or more characteristics of the environment. The method further includes determining, via the first command module, a change from a predetermined formation to a different formation for a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data, where the predetermined formation and the different formation are relative to the first aerial vehicle. The method also including generating, via the first command module, control signals reflecting the change from the predetermined formation to the different formation and sending the control signals from the first aerial vehicle to the second aerial vehicle.

The invention concerns a system for distributing, delivering and collecting freight, with a number I of mobile freight stations, with I1, each having a first interface for automatically loading freight into freight vehicles from a freight storage of the mobile freight station and for automatically unloading freight from freight vehicles into the freight storage, wherein the freight vehicles are arranged and executed for automatically loading/unloading freight via the first interface and for automatically securing/fixing freight in a storage space of the freight vehicles, the mobile freight stations each have a number niNi, with i=1, . . . , I, of delivery robots, where Ni is the maximum number of delivery robots present in the ith freight station and ni is the number of delivery robots currently present in the ith freight station, and the I freight stations each have a loading device for automatically loading the Ni delivery robots with a respective freight from the freight storage and for automatically unloading a respective freight from the Ni delivery robots into the freight storage.

A mobile robot includes a position distance calculation command transmission unit 1, a position distance calculation command transfer unit 2, a reply position distance calculation command transmission unit 3, a direction storage unit 4, a reply position distance calculation command transfer unit 5, a first head robot unit determination command transmission unit 6, a robot unit determination unit 7, a first movement unit 8, a second movement unit 9, a next head robot unit selection command transmission unit 10 and a second head robot unit determination command transmission unit 11, for example.

An aircraft assistance method for reducing drag on the aircraft. The method includes flying an autonomous aircraft near the aircraft. An optimal position where vortices created by the autonomous aircraft or the aircraft interact with the other aircraft and/or autonomous aircraft to reduce drag and/or increase lift on the aircraft is determined. The autonomous aircraft is positioned in the optimal position. The method may include a landing assistance system with at least one autonomous aircraft configured to provide the aircraft with information regarding a desired position relative to a runway. The at least one autonomous aircraft may be configured to communicate with the aircraft through a processor and/or a display in the aircraft. The autonomous aircraft may be subject to a drone control system for a plurality of drones configured to position the plurality of drones in a formation.

A computing system is providing for managing a fleet of spraying vehicles by selecting one or more field zones to be sprayed by a fleet of spraying vehicles. The system reviews spraying requirements including material and quantity to be sprayed and reviews spraying vehicle parameters for each spraying vehicle in of the fleet. The system then calculates a travel plan for each spraying vehicle such that the selected field zones can be sprayed accordingly without spraying areas outside the selected field zones. Once in operation, the system verifies travel plan execution of each spraying vehicle and adjusts one or more travel plans in case of vehicle malfunctions, unexpected weather conditions, and unexpected field obstacles.

A remote control device is a remote control device configured to control one or more mobile objects via a network, which includes a receiver configured to receive mobile object information including a first state quantity of a state quantity of the mobile object and surrounding information around the mobile object, a trajectory generation unit configured to generate a target trajectory of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding information, a mobile object estimation unit configured to estimate transmission latency of the network, a gain setting unit configured to set a control gain on the basis of the transmission latency, a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a control amount for causing the mobile object to follow the target trajectory on the basis of the mobile object information and the control gain, and a transmitter configured to transmit the control amount to the mobile object.

A remote control device is a remote control device configured to control one or more mobile objects via a network, which includes a receiver configured to receive mobile object information including a first state quantity of a state quantity of the mobile object and surrounding information around the mobile object, a trajectory generation unit configured to generate a target trajectory of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding information, a mobile object estimation unit configured to estimate transmission latency of the network, a gain setting unit configured to set a control gain on the basis of the transmission latency, a control amount calculation unit configured to calculate a control amount for causing the mobile object to follow the target trajectory on the basis of the mobile object information and the control gain, and a transmitter configured to transmit the control amount to the mobile object.

Provided is an area evaluation system comprising an area evaluation unit (601) that evaluates, when a first mission that uses a first area and a second mission that does not use the first area are provided, utility of the first area based on a difference between utility of the first mission and utility of the second mission.

According to one embodiment, a platooning operation system organizes a platoon by making a plurality of vehicles cooperate. The platooning operation system includes an application acceptance processor and a platoon organization processor. The application acceptance processor accepts an application of a vehicle for admission to the platoon. The platoon organization processor which selects a platoon to which the vehicle is to be admitted or determines possibility of admission of the vehicle to the platoon, based on at least one of information on a driver driving the vehicle and information on the vehicle.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for open path laser spectroscopy with mobile platforms. An example system may include a first mobile platform and a second mobile platform, each of which supports a payload. A light beam directed from one payload to another may define a measurement path, which may be at a particular height above the ground. The payloads may determine a gas concentration along the measurement path. Wind information at the measurement height may be used to determine a gas flux. One or both of the mobile platforms may then move to a new location, and take a measurement along a new measurement path. By combining the measurement paths, gas flux through a flux surface may be determined.