A substrate working system includes a plurality of substrate working apparatuses, a component storage that stores a device and a component to be used by the substrate working apparatuses, and a component conveyance flight vehicle. The component conveyance flight vehicle conveys a conveyance article by flying from the component storage to a predetermined position corresponding to a predetermined substrate working apparatus while holding the conveyance article based on necessary article information of the substrate working apparatuses.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling at least one robot system. This includes offering control of a first robot to a first mobile application, indicating an available service offered by the first robot, and receiving instructions to perform the available service. This further includes delivering: (i) debris, (ii) dust, or (iii) cut grass to a stationary second garbage collection robot. A computing system maintains a device profile for the first robot, indicates the available service and a status of the first robot to the first mobile application, and is configured to update the first mobile application. The first robot is configured to drive while performing the available service and is controlled by at least one of: (i) a camera or (ii) a sensor, to avoid collision. The second robot is a stationary garbage collection robot configured to store the delivered debris, dust, or cut grass.

A transport system identifies an attribute of a ground on the basis of sensing data obtained by sensing the ground in a transport destination area, which is performed in flight by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle transporting an article, and determines a region in the ground as an arrangement place of the article on the basis of the identified attribute.

A technique for operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a terminal area from which the UAVs are staged includes charging a plurality of the UAVs on charging pads disposed in a staging array at the terminal area. Merchant facilities for preparing packages for delivery by the UAVs are disposed about a periphery of the staging array. The UAVs are relocated under their own propulsion from interior charging pads to peripheral loading pads of the staging array as the peripheral loading pads become available and the UAVs are deemed sufficiently charged and ready for delivery missions.

Disclosed is a system for receiving and sending goods delivered by a drone, including a base assembly and a barrier assembly. The base assembly comprises a platform capable of being arranged on a building, the platform is provided with a working surface; an operating area used for a drone to land and for goods to be placed is arranged on the working surface. The barrier assembly comprises a movable barrier plate. When the drone needs to land to the operating area, the barrier plate moves to a position between the building and the operating area, enabling the barrier assembly to separate the drone and a user.

A transport system (10) for transporting workpieces (12) on a transport path between two production process stations, includes a set of drones (18, 20), each of which includes at least one gripper (26), which is designed to releasably couple to a surface (28) of a workpiece, and a control device for the simultaneous coordinated control of the drones (18, 20) of the set in such a way that the grippers (26) of the drones (18, 20) couple to different coupling positions on the surface (28) of the workpiece (12) and the orientation of the workpiece (12) can be changed on a transport path between the production process stations by changing the relative positions of the drones (18, 20) while maintaining the relative distances of the coupling positions from one another.

In various aspects, a first set of attributes associated with a target location are determined. The target location is a location that one or more items are to be delivered to by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The first set of attributes are compared with a second set of attributes. The second set of attributes indicate attributes of each UAV of a plurality of UAVs. Based on the comparing, a UAV, of the plurality of UAVs, is recommended to deliver the one or more items to the target location.

A payload support frame is adapted to suspend a payload from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during flight. The frame comprises at least one elongated rigid segment, at least one upper flexible segment at an upper end of the rigid segment, and at least one lower flexible segment at a lower end of the rigid segment. One or more of (a) the at least one rigid segment, (b) the at least one upper flexible segment, or (c) the at least one lower flexible segment comprise a dielectric material. The upper flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the UAV. The lower flexible segment is adapted to be selectively attachable, directly or indirectly, to the payload.

An unmanned aerial vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an aerial vehicle body capable of flying; a winding member provided to the aerial vehicle body and capable of winding and unwinding a linear member; an attractive member provided to an end portion of the linear member and configured to generate a magnetic attraction force between the attractive member and an attraction-responsive part that is ferromagnetic and provided to a delivery target; and a holding mechanism configured to hold the delivery target T in a state in which the attractive member and the attraction-responsive part are coupled to each other by the magnetic attraction force.

An apparatus is provided for absorbing shocks and a control method capable of protecting cargo from shocks without a separate additional system in a cargo hold of a moving object. The apparatus for absorbing shocks includes at least one inflatable member disposed in a moving object, an air conditioner module installed on the moving object, and a supply pipe connected between the air conditioner module and the inflatable member and providing a refrigerant of the air conditioner module to the inflatable member.