US 12,263,969 B1
Wall rolling UAV with ring cage
Matthew C Little, Fall River, MA (US)
Assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Filed by The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,614.
Int. Cl. B64U 60/60 (2023.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64U 60/60 (2023.01) [B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method for a wall rolling operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having at least one motor along a predetermined path comprising:
determining a trajectory for the UAV for the wall rolling operation based on a current position and a current orientation of the UAV and a target position and a target orientation of the UAV and the predetermined path;
developing kinematic parameters relating the determined trajectory to UAV movement;
determining motor inputs for the at least one motor of the UAV specific to the developed kinematic parameters, the motor inputs including a thrust motor input and a drag motor input wherein the motor inputs provide for six degree of freedom movement of the UAV; and
operating the UAV based on the determined motor inputs to move the UAV along the determined trajectory during the wall rolling operation along the predetermined path.