The interest in electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is rapidly growing in recent years.
The reason is that UAVs have abilities to perform some difficult or dangerous tasks, with high …

Landing platforms' automation is aimed at servicing vertical take-off and landing UAVs
between flights and maintaining their airworthiness. Over the last few years, different …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) which fly to destina tions (eg, for delivering items) may
land on transportation vehicles (eg, delivery trucks, etc.) for temporary transport. An …

Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs") are utilized to retrieve items from transportation
vehicles (eg, delivery trucks) for delivery to specified locations (eg, user resi dences, etc.). In …

Navigable path networks herein are defined based on attri butes of tasks to be performed by
autonomous vehicles traveling thereon, based on attributes of such vehicles, or attributes of …

This application is a continuation-in-part of US patent application Ser. No. 14/586,913, filed
Dec. 30, 2014, which claims the benefit of and priority to US Provisional Patent Application …

Provided herein are systems and method for autonomously or semi-autonomously landing
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a landing pad. The landing pad can include features …

Abstract Autonomous ground vehicles (“AGVs”) containing ordered items travel (eg, from
materials handling facilities, etc.) to pickup areas (eg, on a street, in a parking lot, inside a …

Autonomous vehicles may be deployed to areas where an item is in demand, and
configured to fulfill orders for the item received from the areas. The autonomous vehicles are …

A storage unit for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes a container, a UAV landing
platform, and a receptacle. The container is provided for enclosing the UAV. The receptacle …