Examples for controlling an aerial device are described. An example method includes a processor receiving a request comprising an origin location and a destination location, determining a flight path based on the origin location and the destination location, wherein the flight path is determined based on at least one policy driven control rule, providing the flight path in response to the request and monitoring an unmanned aerial vehicle traversing the flight path.

Systems and methods for UAV safety are provided. An authentication system may be used to confirm UAV and/or user identity and provide secured communications between users and UAVs. The UAVs may operate in accordance with a set of flight regulations. The set of flight regulations may be associated with a geo-fencing device in the vicinity of the UAV.

A method for controlling the movement of an autonomous mobile robot includes acquiring information regarding a person present around the autonomous mobile robot, calculating a visible range in which the autonomous mobile robot is visible to the eyes of the person on the basis of the acquired information regarding the person, and determining a movement range in which the autonomous mobile robot is movable on the basis of the calculated visible range, and causing the autonomous mobile robot to move within the determined movement range.

A device receives a request for a flight path from a first location to a second location in a region, and calculates the flight path based on the request and based on one or more of weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, regulatory information, or historical information associated with the region. The device determines required capabilities for the flight path based on the request, and selects, from multiple UAVs, a particular UAV based on the required capabilities for the flight path and based on a ranking of the multiple UAVs. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path, and provides the flight path instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path.

A method for generating a flight route includes receiving an unconfirmed flight route of a drone, displaying a visually observable area based on a position of an observer who visually observes the drone, confirming, if the unconfirmed flight route is entirely included in the visually observable area, the unconfirmed flight route as a confirmed flight route, and displaying, if at least a part of the unconfirmed flight route is not included in the visually observable area, a warning message indicating that the unconfirmed flight route is not confirmed.

A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path from one or more first locations to a second location and performance of mission operations, and determines required capabilities and constraints for the mission based on the request. The device identifies UAVs based on the required capabilities and the constraints, and calculates a cost effective mission plan, for the identified UAVs, based on the required capabilities and the constraints. The device generates mission plan instructions, for the cost effective mission plan, that include flight path instructions for the flight path and mission instructions for the mission operations. The device provides the mission plan instructions to the identified UAVs to permit the identified UAVs to travel from the one or more first locations to the second location, via the flight path, and to perform the mission operations.

Techniques for managing a flow of an unmanned vehicle within a space may be described. In particular, the unmanned vehicle may be determined as being location within the space. The space may be associated with metric that may be based on a plurality of other unmanned vehicles also located within the space. Pairs of location and time data may be computed for the unmanned vehicle. The pairs may represent a path for the unmanned vehicle to use within the space. The pairs of location data and time data computed based on data associated with the unmanned vehicle, data associated with at least one of the other unmanned vehicles, and the metric associated with the space. Once computed, the pairs may be provided to the unmanned vehicle.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination. One of the methods includes determining, by an electronic system in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an estimated fuel remaining in the UAV. An estimated fuel consumption of the UAV is determined. Estimated information associated with wind affecting the UAV is determined using information obtained from sensors included in the UAV. Estimated flights times remaining for a current path, and one or more alternative flight paths, are determined using the determined estimated fuel remaining, determined estimated fuel consumption, determined information associated wind, and information describing each flight path. In response to the electronic system determining that the estimated fuel remaining, after completion of the current flight path, would be below a first threshold, an alternative flight path is selected.

A system including a module for acquiring source bases of terrain data corresponding to an area of a terrain, divided into a plurality of cells; each source base containing, for each cell, an elevation, a module for transposing each source base into a respective transposed base of terrain data corresponding to the area of terrain, divided according to a reference mesh into a plurality of transposed cells, each transposed base including, for each transposed cell, a transposed elevation, a module for evaluating a local consistency level, based on the comparison of the transposed elevation of the cell with the transposed elevation of the corresponding transposed cell of at least one other transposed base, and an assistance module configured to determine a navigation assistance datum for the aircraft, depending on the assessed local consistency level.

A method for supporting aerial operation includes obtaining a real-time location of an aircraft, obtaining a location of a supply station, obtaining a location of a next waypoint, and controlling the aircraft based on a status parameter related to a flight status of the aircraft associated with the real-time location of the aircraft. Controlling the aircraft includes controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a first preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the next waypoint; and controlling, in response to the status parameter satisfying a second preset condition, the aircraft to fly to the supply station.