In some embodiments, methods and systems of facilitating movement of product-containing pallets include at least one forklift unit configured to lift and move the product-containing pallets, at least one motorized transport unit configured to mechanically engage and disengage a respective forklift unit, and a central computer system in communication with the at least one motorized transport unit. The central computer system is configured to transmit at least one signal to the at least one motorized transport unit. The signal is configured to cause the at least one motorized transport unit to control the at least one forklift unit to move at least one of the product-containing pallets.

A container includes a transportation section and a drone section. The drone section has a drone place holder and a door. The drone place holder is accessible when the door is in an open position. The container includes a processor that is programmed to actuate the door to the open position, actuate a drone, fittable in the drone place holder, to fly out of the container, and actuate the drone to transport the container to a destination.

The present invention is directed to a drone based delivering system comprising a drone and a portable landing pad for landing and take-off of the drone. The portable landing pad comprising GPS guided lasers for guiding the drone to safely land on the landing pad, and wherein the drone is having GPS guided laser electronic receivers for receiving the laser beams from the GPS guided lasers. The drone further comprises a battery replacement system, wherein the drone swaps its discharges battery with a charges battery already docked in the portable landing pad.

The disclosure describes embodiments for selecting, for a flying autonomous robot (a flying drone), a connected vehicle to land on so that a flying range of the flying autonomous robot is improved (e.g., increased). In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by the flying autonomous robot, a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message including digital data describing the connected vehicle. The method includes modifying a flight path of the flying autonomous robot based on the digital data so that the flight path approaches the connected vehicle.

A transport system includes an unmanned aircraft including an article holding section; and a transport vehicle that includes at least one aircraft holding section configured to hold the unmanned aircraft, and that is configured to travel along a predetermined travel path, wherein the at least one aircraft holding section 44 is further configured to (i) hold the unmanned aircraft in either one of an article holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is holding the article W using the article holding section, and an article non-holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is not holding the article W using the article holding section, and (ii) allow the unmanned aircraft in either one of the article holding state and the article non-holding state to take off and land.

A transport system includes an unmanned aircraft including an article holding section; and a transport vehicle that includes at least one aircraft holding section configured to hold the unmanned aircraft, and that is configured to travel along a predetermined travel path, wherein the at least one aircraft holding section 44 is further configured to (i) hold the unmanned aircraft in either one of an article holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is holding the article W using the article holding section, and an article non-holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is not holding the article W using the article holding section, and (ii) allow the unmanned aircraft in either one of the article holding state and the article non-holding state to take off and land.

A method includes: establishing wireless connection between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a user interface; generating, via the user interface, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating, via the user interface, a flight schedule for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight schedule being associated with the flight path and include one or more designated times; and initiating, via the user interface, autonomous operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle for the unmanned aerial vehicle to autonomously fly the flight path at the one or more designated times

A method includes: establishing wireless connection between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a user interface; generating, via the user interface, a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating, via the user interface, a flight schedule for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the flight schedule being associated with the flight path and include one or more designated times; and initiating, via the user interface, autonomous operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle for the unmanned aerial vehicle to autonomously fly the flight path at the one or more designated times

The present disclosure provides an aerial system, comprising: a body; a lift mechanism coupled to the body; an optical system coupled to the body; and a computer system having at least one processor and at least one memory comprising first program instructions. When the first program instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor may be configured to: receive a target operation, the target operation associated with a flight trajectory and a predefined action performed by the optical system and execute the target operation.

Provided is an aircraft, a system, and a method whereby the visibility of the aircraft from a predetermined point can be improved. The aircraft includes at least one memory and at least one processor. Program code includes control code configured to cause the at least one processor to perform orientation change control for causing a first face to face a predetermined point, the first face being a face of the aircraft and having a predetermined color, or display control for causing an image of the predetermined color to be displayed on a second face, the second face being a display surface of a display device of the aircraft and a partial face or an entire face facing the predetermined point.