In an example embodiment, a drone-based system comprises: a base station, wherein the base station is configured to provide drone control and power, a drone; a tether connecting the base station to the drone and configured to provide the drone with the power from the base station; and a lighting system, operably attached to the drone via the tether, configured to generate illumination of a ground area, wherein the illumination of the ground area is controllable by modifying least one of an intensity of the illumination and a height of the drone above the ground area.

An aspect of the embodiments includes a system comprising an unmanned self-propelled (USP) vehicle comprising a tool having a dispensed tool output and a mobile base station. The mobile base station comprises a power supply, a fluid medium source, and one or more processors operable to generate control signals to control the USP vehicle and to affect the dispensed tool output from the tool. The mobile base station includes an umbilical cabling and tethering (UCAT) apparatus to interconnect the USP vehicle and the mobile base station, the UCAT apparatus providing the USP vehicle with one or more of power from the power supply, a fluid medium from the fluid medium source and the control signals. The embodiments include a mobile base station and method for conducting a task.

A method for servicing an object via a mobile platform includes maintaining a distance between the mobile platform and the object and performing a task for the object while maintaining the distance.

In an example embodiment, a drone-based system comprises: a base station, wherein the base station is configured to provide drone control and power; a drone; a tether connecting the base station to the drone and configured to provide the drone with the power from the base station; and a lighting system, operably attached to the drone via the tether, configured to generate illumination of a ground area, wherein the illumination of the ground area is controllable by modifying least one of an intensity of the illumination and a height of the drone above the ground area.

In an example embodiment, a drone-based system comprises: a base station, wherein the base station is configured to provide drone control and power; a drone; a tether connecting the base station to the drone and configured to provide the drone with the power from the base station; and a lighting system, operably attached to the drone via the tether, configured to generate illumination of a ground area, wherein the illumination of the ground area is controllable by modifying least one of an intensity of the illumination and a height of the drone above the ground area.

An unmanned delivery robot capable of being wirelessly charged during delivery, the unmanned delivery robot includes a wireless power reception module, a processor, and a storage medium recording one or more programs configured to be executable by the processor. The processor includes instructions for controlling a communication module to receive a delivery instruction including a delivery route to a destination, controlling a driving module to autonomously travel to the destination according to the delivery route included in the delivery instruction, and controlling the communication module to transmit battery information and location information in real time. The wireless power reception module charges the battery module by wirelessly receiving power from an unmanned charging drone autonomously flying to a current location of the unmanned delivery robot according to a charge instruction including the location information.

A system for replacing a battery of a mobility is proposed and includes: a battery mounting part provided on an outer surface of a mobility and having a mounting space defined therein, the mounting space being open to an outside, with a battery mounted in the mounting space, and a battery replacement module having a new battery provided therein and mounting the new battery in the mounting space of the battery mounting part after removing the existing battery to be replaced by rotating the new battery and the existing battery together when the battery replacement module approaches the battery mounting part of the mobility.

A device and method for service drone configuration are disclosed. Vehicle diagnostic data is retrieved and monitored for error data that indicates a serviceable vehicle-component fault condition. When the error data indicates the serviceable vehicle-component fault condition, a drone service protocol is generated based on the error data, where the drone service protocol being operable to instruct a service drone to attend to a source of the serviceable vehicle-component fault condition. The drone service protocol can be transmitted for deploying the service drone.

A device and method for service drone configuration are disclosed. Vehicle diagnostic data is retrieved and monitored for error data that indicates a serviceable vehicle-component fault condition. When the error data indicates the serviceable vehicle-component fault condition, a drone service protocol is generated based on the error data, where the drone service protocol being operable to instruct a service drone to attend to a source of the serviceable vehicle-component fault condition. The drone service protocol can be transmitted for deploying the service drone.

An automated aerial formation (AAF) system includes an imaging device mounted on an imaging first aircraft that receives reflected energy from an imaged second aircraft. A controller is communicatively coupled to the imaging device and a flight control system of one of the first and the second aircraft. The controller generates a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud based on the reflected energy and identifies a target 3D model in the 3D point cloud. The controller rotates and scales one of a pre-defined 3D model and the target 3D model to find a 3D point registration between the target 3D model and the pre-defined 3D model. The controller steers the flight control system of the one of first and the second aircraft into formation based on the distance and the relative pose determined from the rotating and scaling.