CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64D 1/08 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A system, comprising:
a drone, a container, and a container thruster;
wherein the drone comprises a drone thruster,
wherein the container comprises the container thruster;
wherein the container is to house a load; and
wherein the container is operatively coupled to the drone;
a sensor suite, and a computer processor and memory;
wherein the memory comprises a control module which, when executed by the computer processor, is to determine at least one of a position, orientation, or motion of the container based on sensor data from the sensor suite and is to control the container thruster to influence at least one of the position, orientation, or motion of the container
wherein to determine at least one of the position, orientation, or motion of the container based on sensor data from the sensor suite, comprises to estimate or predict a state or parameter of the container based on the sensor data; and further
wherein to estimate or predict the state or parameter of the container based on the sensor data comprises to combine the sensor data from the sensor suite in a non-linear filter according to a system model.
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