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BECKMAN BRIAN C / PORTER BRANDON WILLIAM / KIMCHI GUR / BUCHMUELLER DANIEL / BEZOS JEFFREY P / SCHAFFALITZKY FREDERIK / NAVOT AMIR

Abstract

This disclosure describes a system and method for determining the center of gravity of a payload engaged by an automated aerial vehicle and adjusting components of the automated aerial vehicle and/or the engagement location with the payload so that the center of gravity of the payload is within a defined position with respect to the center of gravity of the automated aerial vehicle. Adjusting the center of gravity to be within a defined position improves the efficiency, maneuverability and safety of the automated aerial vehicle. In some implementations, the stability of the payload may also be determined to ensure that the center of gravity does not change or shift during transport due to movement of an item of the payload.

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Title :

Determining center of gravity of an automated aerial vehicle and a payload

Contributors:

BECKMAN BRIAN C (author) / PORTER BRANDON WILLIAM (author) / KIMCHI GUR (author) / BUCHMUELLER DANIEL (author) / BEZOS JEFFREY P (author) / SCHAFFALITZKY FREDERIK (author) / NAVOT AMIR (author)

Publication date :

2017-01-24

Type of media :

Patent

Type of material :

Electronic Resource

Language :

English

Classification :

IPC:

B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G01G Wägen , WEIGHING / G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen