Systems, methods, and devices for unmanned aerial vehicle recovery

This invention describes a device that attaches to one drone. This drone uses its camera to find another drone that is stuck, for example, in a tree. Once located, the device launches a projectile from the first drone towards the stuck drone, allowing a user to pull on a tether to free the trapped drone.

Why it matters: Filed before advanced drone autonomy and AI vision processing were widely available. The precision needed for targeting and launching from a drone is now much more feasible.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedCustom launcher, vision processing, control software

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