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Device for the automated charging and discharging of a free-flying autonomously controlled drone

US11420740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Marcel Braun · Konolfingen, CH
Uwe Habisreitinger · Freudenstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/50362
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the automated charging and discharging of an object on a free-flying autonomously controlled drone includes a landing platform for the drone, a storage device for storing objects, a robot where the robot is configured to remove an object from the storage apparatus in an automated manner and to provide the object on the landing platform to be picked up by the drone and is configured to pick up in an automated manner an object that is provided on the landing platform by the drone and to deposit the object in the storage apparatus, and a controller where the robot is controllable by the controller.

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