In an aspect the current disclosure is directed to an electric vehicle charger for an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle charger is comprised of an energy source, a transmitter coil electrically connected to the energy source and configured to wirelessly conduct a current in a receiver coil using induction, at least a proximity sensor configured to generate alignment data relating to an electric vehicle, and a computing device that is communicatively connected to the at least a proximity sensor. The computing device may be configured to identify the electric vehicle. Identification may include receiving and authenticating at least an identification datum, and identifying the electric vehicle using that; The computing device is configured to align the transmitter coil with the receiver coil using the alignment data. Additionally, the computing device may be configured to authorize the electric vehicle to be begin charging as a function of the authentication.

The system, devices and methods disclosed herein enable autonomous operation of robots around known and unknown obstacles on a property. A robot includes an optical marker disposed to be visible in a top-view image of the robot, a receiver configured to receive a top-down image of an area of interest surrounding the robot within a property, and a processor configured to distinguish the robot from structural features on the property based on an image of the optical marker. A position and an orientation of the robot and the structural features relative to the property is determined based on the top-down image. Among the structural features, a subset of features classified as obstacles inhibiting an operation of the robot as the robot moves within the area of interest is determined. An operating path for the robot within the area of interest so as to avoid the obstacles is then determined.

A transmit charging coil is driven to wirelessly transfer energy to a receiving charging coil. The wireless energy transfer can be adjusted in response to detecting the receive charging coil. Navigation of an un-manned vehicle may be adjusted in response to the wireless energy transfer.

An unmanned aerial vehicle station includes a takeoff-landing unit for an unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land, a parcel receiver, a parcel deliverer, a storage that stores a plurality of parcels, a replenishment hangar that houses a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles and replenishes the housed plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles with energy, a parcel transporter that transports the plurality of parcels between the parcel receiver and the storage and between the parcel deliverer and the storage, and an aircraft transporter that transports the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles between the takeoff-landing unit and the replenishment hangar.

A base apparatus for docking of at least one flying apparatus includes a controller. The controller outputs information of a location to which the base apparatus is to be moved, the location being determined based on a predetermined condition including a condition related to the battery level of the at least one flying apparatus.

A device for handling containers and/or packagings, includes a first handling unit which handles the containers and/or packagings in a first predetermined manner, and a second handling unit which handles the containers and/or packagings in a second predetermined manner, a transport unit for transporting the containers and/or packagings, and a monitoring unit for monitoring the device. The monitoring unit includes an unmanned and remote-controlled flying device and a control unit for wirelessly controlling the flying device, wherein the flying device has an image capturing unit, and wherein the device has a delimiting unit which delimits a flying region of the flying device.

This invention discloses a distributed parking system for drones comprising a network of parking pads for drones distributed over a geographic area, each of which comprising a parking surface of one or more parking spots on which a drone can land and park securely, a power refill module that replenish the power source of a parked drone, a control module that controls functions of the parking pad, and a communication module through which the control module is connected to a communication network; and a master controller that controls functions of the parking pads and communicates commands to and receives reports from the parking pads through the communication network.

According to one embodiment, a power transmission device including a housing for landing a vehicle, and a ferromagnetic material and a power transmission coil. An outer shape of a cross-section of the housing becomes larger from a top of the housing toward a bottom of the housing, the outer shape is a non-true circle, and the outer shape is similar to an inner shape of a frame provided in the vehicle. The ferromagnetic material is within the housing, the ferromagnetic material being continuous in an up-and-down direction of the housing. The power transmission coil is within the housing, the power transmission coil being configured to surround the ferromagnetic material.

Observing an observation area wider than a cruising distance of a drone, an acquiring observation data of all observation sections and analyzing all the observation area, even when it is impossible for the operator to go to the observation base due to a failure of a traffic infrastructure and when a failure of a communication infrastructure occurs. The drone flies through the observation section from the observation base, where the drone is on standby, to a next observation base to observe, to transmit all observation data after a first observation section stored in the drone to the next drone on standby at the observation base when the drone lands at the next observation base, and to deliver observation data of all observation sections to the observation base, which is a destination, by sequentially repeating the performance of the transmitting of data between the drones in all observation sections.

A method and system for cooperative charging between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned surface vessel includes: using the unmanned aerial vehicle to capture an image of the unmanned surface vessel; analyzing the relative position of a capturing device and the velocity of the unmanned surface vessel; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to approach the capturing device, and making the unmanned aerial vehicle to hover at a certain height within the capture range; detecting whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is within the capture range and, if within the range, using the unmanned surface vessel to capture the unmanned aerial vehicle or using the unmanned aerial vehicle to re-capture an image of the unmanned surface vessel; using the capturing device to adjust the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and performing wireless charging.