An apparatus and kit for assembling a mobile platform and methods for making and using the same. When associated with a mobile platform, a power device can be installed outside a control device coupled with the mobile platform. The power device can be located outside a housing enclosing the mobile platform and exposed to an external operating environment of the mobile platform. Heat generated by the power device can be dissipated without installation of additional cooling equipment. The power device and the control device can thus have lower operating temperatures and longer lifetimes. The power device can be installed on a module associated with the mobile platform for further improving heat dissipation of the power device. The module optionally can function as a shock absorber for preventing damage to the power device in case the mobile platform is involved in a crash.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, a shell assembly and a functional assembly. The fuselage includes a fuselage body. The shell assembly is connected to a front end of the fuselage body. The functional assembly is mounted at a rear end of the fuselage body. An upper end face of the functional assembly is a first circular arc face. An upper end face of the shell assembly is a second circular arc face. The first circular arc face is adjacent to the second circular arc face, and the first circular arc face and the second circular arc face constitute a streamlined curved face.

A tethered drone system and method includes a tethered drone and a tether. The tether includes a conductor to communicate at least power and control signals. The tethered drone system further includes a control system configured to receive the tethered drone. The control system provides power for the tethered drone. The control system includes a user interface for managing the control signals.

The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle with non-lethal neuromuscular incapacitation system comprising a body, a plurality of rotary assemblies secured to the body and configured to provide lift, a control system disposed within the body, and a telescoping stinger assembly mounted on the body. The telescoping stinger assembly comprises an elongated projectile having a barb at a first end thereof, a wire having a first end attached to a second end of the elongated projectile, a high voltage pulse power supply attached to a second end of the wire, and firing mechanism for launching the projectile from the telescoping stinger assembly toward a target. A protective cage may be attached to and surround the body of the UAV. The non-lethal incapacitation mechanism may include a plurality of stinging stickers attached to a periphery of the protective cage, a RF power supply and RF transmitter attached to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, or a mechanism affixed to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle for discharging a liquid or powder substance at a target. Alternatively, a rotary sting arm may be affixed to the body by a rotary brush high-voltage connection; and a sting arm motor mounted proximate to a center of the body may be used to impart rotary motion to the rotary sting arm.

The present invention is to provide a system, a method, and a program for adjusting the balance of an insect killer hung from a robot that are capable to adjust the position of the insect killer. The system for adjusting the balance of an insect killer 1 hung from a robot 10 moving by a propeller 410 through a support arm 100 adjusts the balance of the insect killer 200 so that the angle between the support arm 100 and the direction of gravitational force from the robot 10 has a predetermined value or more; and adds a weight 300 to an end of the same support arm 100 as the support arm 100 in the negative direction to an angle of the predetermined value and calculates the weight 300 to adjust the balance of the insect killer 200.

A system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle including a chassis, a tank attached to the chassis, a sprayer fluidly connected to the tank, a heating element attached to the chassis, a fan drawing air over the heating element, and a clamp attached to the chassis; and a computer in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle and programmed to instruct the clamp to attach to an external sensor of a vehicle, instruct the sprayer to spray water and detergent onto the external sensor, and instruct the fan to blow heated air at the external sensor.

A software process for controlling a configurable UAV that includes a plurality of databases of crop plants, herbicides, insecticides and weeds. An area is defined to be treated. Thereafter, a scout UAV with an on-board camera is flown over the pre-defined area. Images detected by the camera are compared with the crop, pest and weed databases to respectively identify the crop plants, insects, and weeds. The insects and weeds are then subjected to a spot blast of pesticide/herbicide to kill them. Thus, the process results in a more efficient application of treatment chemicals which leads to less adverse environmental impacts associated with the use of pesticides and herbicides.

Methods and systems are provided for remote egg oiling to control avian pest species population through reduction in nesting success. A fluid application system including an oil reservoir, an oil nozzle, a pressurization source, a camera and a targeting laser is provided for accurately dispensing oil onto a clutch of eggs in a nest that is located in hard-to-reach areas such as cliff faces, rock outcrops and artificial structures. Two aerial embodiments are disclosed.

A drone-based insect sample-collection system is disclosed, comprising a drone, a flight-control module and a sample-collection module. The flight-control module comprises a communication unit to transmit or receive signal to/from a user and a control unit to control the route of flight and collection site for the drone. The sample-collection module comprises a container, a gate-controlling unit, a chemicals-releasing unit and an optical-sensing unit. The container is provided with a gate which is controlled by the gate-controlling unit. The chemicals-releasing unit releases one or multiple chemicals to attract insects into the container. The optical-sensing unit is provided in the container and generates different signal according to the sensed light intensity. As the amount of the insect inside the container increases to gradually block the light intensity that the optical-sensing unit could sense, the signal generated by the optical-sensing unit is varied and transmitted to the gate-controlling unit.

A drone control system in which a drone can move to a position where a purpose can be achieved and performs an action according to the purpose is provided. The drone control system 1 controls a drone 10 capable of performing a predetermined action on a predetermined object, and includes a state data acquiring module 201 that acquires state data indicating a state of the object, a purpose data acquiring module 202 that acquires purpose data which is a purpose of moving the drone, and a detecting module 203 that detects an action point, which is position information at which an action for the purpose is executed, based on the acquired state data and purpose data.