The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a drone, a drone, and a system. The method for controlling a drone comprises: determining operating parameters of a moving platform according to field-of-view images containing the moving platform collected at any two different moments and flight parameters of the drone; calculating a time-varying tracking position of the moving platform based on the operating parameters; controlling the drone to track the moving platform according to the time-varying tracking position of the moving platform; and controlling the drone to perform a landing operation according to a relative position of the moving platform and the drone during tracking. The technical solutions according to the present disclosure have high landing accuracy, rely less on device performance and have high versatility.

A flight imaging system and a method suitable where an unmanned flying object equipped with a visible camera and millimeter-wave radar is used, and a structure imaged by the visible camera and millimeter-wave radar mounted on the unmanned flying object are provided. A drone constituting the flight imaging system is equipped with a visible camera and a millimeter-wave radar. A processor of the drone performs control of the visible camera to capture a visible image of a surface layer of the structure, and control the millimeter-wave radar to transmit a millimeter wave toward the structure and receive a reflected wave of the millimeter wave from the structure, in a case of imaging the structure. During flight of the drone, the altitude of the drone is measured by an altitude meter mounted on the drone, altitude information indicating the measured altitude is acquired, and is used, in flying the drone.

A microwave-based radio system for realising a precise landing approach (MLS), characterised in that an azimuth antenna transmitter and/or an elevation signal transmitter and/or a DME transmitter, and preferably all three said transmitters, are placed aboard an unmanned aerial vehicle, and in particular on a drone. The object of the disclosure is also a method for realising a precise landing approach using such a system.

A drone delivery system provides to send or to receive the package conveniently and safely without going out of the building by using the platform installed at the vicinity of the window. The drone delivery system includes the drone having a first docking device, a standard box having a second docking device corresponding to the first docking device and a third docking device and a platform having a fourth docking device corresponding to the third docking device.

The present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for agricultural field management. The UAV comprises a control and processing unit (20) and a camera (30). The control and processing unit is configured to control the UAV to fly to a location inside the canopy of a crop and below the vertical height of the crop and/or between a row of a plurality of crops and below the vertical height of the plurality of crop. The control and processing unit is configured to control the camera to acquire at least one image relating to the crop at the location inside the canopy of the crop and below the vertical height of the crop and/or between a row of a plurality of crops and below the vertical height of the plurality of crops. The control and processing unit is configured to analyse the at least one image to determine at least one disease, at least one pest and/or at least one nutritional deficiency.

Systems and techniques may be used to operate an aerial camera device. An example method may include using a mobile device for controlling an aerial device. The method may include receiving a sensor data, for example from the mobile device or the aerial device, establishing a centered position for the mobile device or the aerial device based on sensor information, and converting movement identified in sensor data to an instruction for movement of the aerial device. The instruction for movement may be sent to the aerial device, in an example.

An imaging system, having an imaging apparatus and a moving apparatus that moves with the imaging apparatus mounted thereon, includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a movable time, which is a time when the moving apparatus is capable of moving, based on a residual battery capacity of a first power supply that supplies power to the moving apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an imageable time, which is a time when the imaging apparatus is capable of imaging, based on a residual battery capacity of a second power supply that supplies power to the imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to control whether power is fed from the second power supply to the moving apparatus or power is fed from the first power supply to the imaging apparatus, based on at least one of the movable time and the imageable time.

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot system for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot system includes an Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) adapted to transport a robot to the cell tower; and a robot including a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.

A method of controlling a payload supported by a carrier on a vehicle includes displaying, on a user interface of a terminal, at least one visual selector that causes a rotation control of the payload to be turned on or off, detecting, by a sensor of the terminal, an attitude of the terminal with respect to a plurality of rotational axes of the terminal, and displaying, on the user interface of the terminal, a plurality of attitude range indicators corresponding to a plurality of rotational axes of the payload. The rotation control controls the payload to rotate with respect to at least one of the plurality of rotational axes of the payload. Each of the plurality of attitude range indicators includes a visual indicator indicating the detected attitude of the terminal with respect to a corresponding one of the plurality of rotational axes of the terminal.

A method for controlling flight includes displaying, in a real-time manner, a picture photographed and sent by a photographing device carried by an aerial vehicle; determining a no-clicking area in the picture based on a position of an obstacle or a no-fly zone; receiving a click operation of a user on the picture; and controlling a flight of the aerial vehicle based on the click operation. Controlling the flight of the aerial vehicle based on the click operation includes invalidating the click operation in response to determining a click location of the click operation being in the no-clicking area; and controlling the flight of the aerial vehicle based on a position of the click location in response to determining the click location being not in the no-clicking area.