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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Shmuel Eisenmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Howard Lee Huddleston, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Andrew Keisner, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for pre-flight fabrication and/or assembly of various configurations of aerial vehicles are described. Operations of various configurations of aerial vehicles may be analyzed using models based on various inputs, which inputs may be related to routes, environments, vehicles, components, or other factors. A particular configuration may be selected for a selected route and associated task based at least in part on a desired optimization parameter. Then, the particular configuration of the aerial vehicle may be fabricated and/or assembled to complete the associated task via the selected route.