The present invention relates to a control method for a control apparatus for an aircraft, the control apparatus including a communication unit and a processor. The control method includes receiving an address of a delivery location to which a delivery product is to be delivered, and controlling an aircraft by means of the communication unit to deliver the delivery product to the delivery location, in which the controlling of the aircraft by means of the communication unit includes selecting, on the basis of the address, any one of a plurality of delivery criteria that defines an area into which the aircraft is to unload the delivery product, establishing a delivery area and a flight lane to the delivery area on the basis of the delivery criterion, controlling the aircraft to allow the aircraft to fly along the flight lane, and controlling the aircraft to unload the delivery product into the delivery area when the aircraft reaches the delivery area.

A method of carrying a UAV combined with a package on an assist vehicle (AV) in assisted travel mode over one route section, flying the UAV combined with a package over another route section, and carrying the UAV combined with the package on second AV in assisted travel mode over a third route section, the route sections being contiguous. Also, a method of flying a UAV combined with a package over one route section, carrying the UAV combined with the package on an AV in assisted travel mode over a second route section, and flying the UAV combined with the package over a third route section, the route sections being contiguous.

A package delivery system includes a drone that delivers a package and a package delivery control apparatus, and further includes a communication control unit that transmits a delivery code of the package to a terminal apparatus that has placed an order for delivery of the package, an irradiation control unit causes the drone to emit light in which the delivery code is superimposed when the drone arrives at a destination, and a drone control unit that, when the delivery code that the terminal apparatus has acquired by transmission from the communication control unit and the delivery code that is acquired by receiving light emitted from the drone match with each other, approves the terminal apparatus to cause the drone to perform operation of releasing the package.

A technique for detecting and avoiding obstacles by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: querying a knowledge graph having information related to a dynamic obstacle that may be in proximity to the UAV when traveling along a planned route; comparing the location of the dynamic obstacle to the UAV to detect conflicts; and in response to detecting a conflict, performing an action to avoid conflict with the dynamic obstacle. The knowledge graph can be updated by receiving a VHF radio signal containing the information related to the dynamic obstacle in the audible speech format; translating the audible speech format to a text format using speech recognition; analyzing the text format for relevant information related to the dynamic obstacle; comparing the relevant information related to the dynamic obstacle of the text format to the knowledge graph to detect changes; and updating the knowledge graph.

Disclosed is a task performance method of a system configured to perform a task on a delivery object using a plurality of robots assisting a worker. The task performance method of a system includes assigning, by the server, at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots, determining, by the server, a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the task assigned to the first robot is stored, guiding, by the server, the first robot to the first location according to the determined path, and guiding, by the server, the first robot arranged in the first position to a second position.

An unmanned device control method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. An unmanned device is controlled to move according to a preplanned target path; current environment information of the unmanned device is obtained; according to the current environment information of the unmanned device, a target subpath on which the unmanned device is located is determined, from target subpaths included in the target path, as a designated subpath; and a control strategy is then determined according to a scenario type corresponding to the designated subpath, and a determined control strategy is used to control the unmanned device.

A connected logistics receptacle system having enhanced status indication functionality related to a logistics operation for a delivery item being deposited by a parcel customer. The system includes a storage receptacle for receiving the delivery item and a bridge node mounted to the storage receptacle. The bridge node has a bridge node processor and a communication interface operative to communicate with at least a backend server. The system includes a status indicator and a wireless accessory sensor node. The bridge node processor is operative to detect an updated advertising signal broadcast by the wireless accessory sensor node, retrieve event information from the wireless accessory sensor node in response to detecting the updated advertising signal, and toggle the status indicator from a first condition to a second condition based upon a comparison of the event information to a status indicator setting profile.

A system for self-tuning operation of a node-based logistics receptacle based upon contextual awareness. The node-based logistics receptacle has a plurality of storage receptacle components and a temporary storage area. A retrieval door provides selective access to a delivery item. The system includes a wireless accessory sensor node, a bridge node that includes a bridge node processor, a bridge node memory, and a communication interface operative to communicate with at least a backend server, and an external sensor. The bridge node is operative to receive external sensor data, predict a change in future interactions with the one or more of storage receptacle components based upon the external sensor data, update a management profile based upon the predicted change in future interactions, and alter, using the updated management profile, an operational task related to monitoring for and reporting a change in state of the one or more storage receptacle components.

An information processing apparatus (MB) includes a processor (PRM). The processor (PRM) searches for a route to a destination using the 3D map of surroundings of the destination generated by the client (CL) using SLAM.

An autonomous vehicle system is configured to receive vehicle commands from one or more parties and to execute those vehicle commands in a way that prevents the execution of stale commands. The autonomous vehicle system includes a finite state machine and a command counter or stored vehicle timestamp, which are used to help reject invalid or stale vehicle commands.