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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Skydio, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jack Zhu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gareth Cross, San Carlos, CA (US);
Teodor Tomic, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adam Bry, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abraham Galton Bachrach, Redwood City, CA (US);
Skydio, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems for automated docking of an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some systems include a landing surface configured to hold an unmanned aerial vehicle; a box configured to enclose the landing surface in a first arrangement of the dock and expose the landing surface in a second arrangement of the dock; and a retractable arm, wherein the landing surface is positioned at an end of the retractable arm and the retractable arm is configured to extend to move the landing surface outside of the box and contract to pull the landing surface inside of the box.