The technology described herein relates to autonomous aerial vehicle technology and, more specifically, to environment illumination for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. In some embodiments, a UAV includes upward-facing image capture devices, downward-facing image capture devices, one or more illumination sources, and a computer system. The computer system is configured to direct the one or more illumination sources to selectively emit light into a surrounding physical environment while the UAV is in flight, process images captured by any one or more of the plurality of upward-facing image capture devices or the plurality of downward-facing image capture devices to estimate a position and/or orientation of the aerial vehicle, generate a planned trajectory for the aerial vehicle through a physical environment based on the processing of the images, and control a propulsion system and/or flight surface of the aerial vehicle to cause the aerial vehicle to autonomously maneuver along the planned trajectory.
AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH FOLDING COLLAPSIBLE ARMS
AUTONOMES UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG MIT KLAPPBAREN ZUSAMMENKLAPPBAREN ARMEN
VÉHICULE AÉRIEN AUTONOME SANS PILOTE À BRAS DÉMONTABLES PLIANTS
2024-01-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle With Folding Collapsible Arms
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