Intel Corporation

Ashwin Thirunahari

Michael Jassowski

Anil Nanduri

Baptiste Tripard

The disclosure generally provides methods, systems and apparatus for networked drone systems. In an exemplary networked drone system, a plurality of smaller drones are attached to a fixed platform to increase delivery payload, distance, reliability and safety. As a drone nears charge depletion, it is replaced in-flight with a new drone. Thus, the networked drone system need not be grounded to replace the depleted drone. In another embodiment, flight efficiency is increased by providing collapsible wins to the networked drone system.

Systems, cableless drone swarm systems, method and apparatus

Systems and methods may use a drone swarm to increase cargo capacity. A drone swarm may include a networked drone system or two or more drones, such as a parent drone and a child drone. A method may include receiving support component balance information captured by an inertial measurement unit on the support component supported by a parent drone, adjusting movement of the parent drone according to a control system using the support component balance information, receiving an indication of a low battery in a drone in the networked drone system, the indication including an identification of a replacement drone to replace the drone with the low battery in the networked drone system, and sending a reconfiguration command to at least one child drone to incorporate the replacement drone in the networked drone system.

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Folsom, CA, United States of America

Ashwin Thirunahari