Provided is a taxiing system for steering an amphibious aircraft on a body of water with a steering means, a control console and a power source all in operable and electrical communication. The steering means is a jet drive coupled to an impeller assembly mounted inside each float. Alternatively the steering means is a propulsion system with a pair of tunnel-type thrusters mounted inside the floats in the aircraft. The control console operates the taxiing system during steering and at least one electromagnetic lock during docking.

Unmanned vehicles may be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may accomplish tasks by breaking out into sub-drones, re-grouping itself, changing form, or re-orienting its sensors.

The present invention discloses a vertical take-off and landing triphibian flight vehicle, which can travel in land, water and air. The triphibian vehicle is based on the structure of an ordinary electric automobile. Its airscrew module is stored in the front and rear spaces of the triphibian vehicle body. The triphibian vehicle has land mode, air mode, water mode. These three modes are achieved by the positional changes of the airscrew module. The triphibian vehicle does not require the runway, which can take off and landing vertically. Its self-powered power supply provides the unlimited power to the triphibian vehicle itself, eliminating the need for charging, and no mileage restrictions.

Disclosed is a wheeled vehicle. The wheeled vehicle includes various features for operation by a rider, such as a throttle actuation assembly and various components for operation and manipulation of the vehicle.

The invention discloses a vertical take-off and landing triphibian flight vehicle that can travel on land, water and air. These three traveling modes are realized by changing the position of the propeller module. The vehicle has retractable and foldable wings and has the accommodate space in the vehicle body to store the wings. When the vehicle is in land mode, the wings are stowed in the accommodate space to reduce the size of the vehicle and the air resistance. When the vehicle is in flight mode, the wings can be extended out of the accommodate space through the control system, so that the vehicle can use the wings to obtain aerodynamic force to counter gravity, thereby reducing the energy consumption required for countering gravity during flight and increasing the flight mileage.

A mobility vehicle hub configured to function as a terminal for an air mobility vehicle, a ground mobility vehicle, or a water mobility vehicle, includes a plurality of layers through a combination of: a water layer connected to the surface of water and having an entrance for a water mobility vehicle; a port layer having a take-off and landing pad for an air mobility vehicle; or a ground layer configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for a ground mobility vehicle, wherein an elevation passage is provided between the layers, the elevation passage has an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the mobility vehicle hub, the internal space is connected to each of the water, port and ground layers, and the air mobility vehicle, the ground mobility vehicle, or the water mobility vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.

Systems and methods for operating a HAUCS sensing platform. The methods comprise: autonomous travel by a UAAV to a first location in proximity to a body of water (“BoW”) in accordance with a mission plan; actuating a mechanical device to transition a sensor from a retracted position in which the sensor is adjacent to a UAAV to an extended position in which the sensor resides a given distance from a UAAV; collect, by HAUCS sensing platform and sensor, sensor data concerning a water condition of BoW at different depths; actuating the mechanical device to transition the sensor from the extended position to the retracted position after the sensor data has been collected; causing the sensor data to be processed using a machine learning-based analytical engine to determine whether a water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur; and modifying the mission plan when the water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur.

The present disclosure discusses a transportation vehicle configured for transforming between a drive mode and a flight mode. The vehicle includes a chassis with a body coupled thereto and a plurality of fenders coupled to the body. Each of the fenders includes a rim comprising spokes and a tire configured to rotate during drive mode and a suspension configured to pivot the plurality of fenders from a substantially vertical orientation during drive mode to a substantially horizontal orientation during flight mode. Each of the fender also includes a propulsion mechanism configured to rotate independently of the rim to generate lift during flight mode and a motor configured to independently provide rotational force to the tire built into the rim during drive mode and rotational force to the propulsion mechanism during flight mode.

The present invention discloses a vertical take-off and landing triphibian flight vehicle, which can travel in land, water and air. The triphibian vehicle is based on the structure of an ordinary electric automobile. Its airscrew module is stored in the front and rear spaces of the triphibian vehicle body. The triphibian vehicle has land mode, air mode, water mode. These three modes are achieved by the positional changes of the airscrew module. The triphibian vehicle does not require the runway, which can take off and landing vertically. Its self-powered power supply provides the unlimited power to the triphibian vehicle itself, eliminating the need for charging, and no mileage restrictions.

Systems and methods for operating a HAUCS sensing platform. The methods comprise: autonomous travel by a UAAV to a first location in proximity to a body of water (BoW) in accordance with a mission plan; actuating a mechanical device to transition a sensor from a retracted position in which the sensor is adjacent to a UAAV to an extended position in which the sensor resides a given distance from a UAAV; collect, by HAUCS sensing platform and sensor, sensor data concerning a water condition of BoW at different depths; actuating the mechanical device to transition the sensor from the extended position to the retracted position after the sensor data has been collected; causing the sensor data to be processed using a machine learning-based analytical engine to determine whether a water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur; and modifying the mission plan when the water distress condition exists/is predicted to occur.