SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING AN OBJECTA method includes receiving a first image that is captured at a first time. The method also includes detecting a location of a first object in the first image. The method also includes determining a r…DRIVE·Apr 15·1 min readFollowG01C11/04AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
LANDING ZONE EVALUATIONDisclosed herein is a system that comprises one or more imaging sensors coupled to an aircraft and one or more navigation sensors coupled to the aircraft proximate to the one or more imaging sensors. …DRIVE·Dec 10·1 min readFollowG01C21/005AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
FAST PATH PLANNING FOR DYNAMIC AVOIDANCE IN PARTIALLY KNOWN ENVIRONMENTSTechniques for traversing in an environment that includes at least one obstacle, by a mobile autonomous system, to a destination in the environment, are presented. The techniques can include generatin…DRIVE·May 14·1 min readFollowB64C39/024AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF BATTERIESMethods and apparatus for thermal management of batteries are disclosed herein. An example battery disclosed herein includes a housing defining a cavity and a battery cell disposed in the cavity of th…DRIVE·Mar 12·1 min readFollowH01M10/613AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
FAULT-TOLERANT POWER DISTRIBUTION IN A VEHICLEA vehicle is provided that includes a basic structure; and coupled to the basic structure, power sources, a propulsion system and power distribution circuitry. The propulsion system includes a plurali…DRIVE·Jan 22·1 min readFollowB60L3/003AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
EVALUATION OF A GROUND REGION FOR LANDING A ROBOTA method of supporting robot(s) landing within a ground region is provided. The method includes accessing a map in which the ground region is tessellated into cells covering respective areas of the gr…DRIVE·Nov 13·2 min readFollowB64U70/90AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
SAFETY ASSURANCE FOR PATH PLANNERSTechniques for establishing the sufficiency of a path planner to avoid multiple obstacles in planning a path from a starting location to a destination location is presented. The techniques can include…DRIVE·Sep 4·1 min readFollowG01C21/20AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION IN RESPONSE TO A CONTINGENCY EVENTA method is provided for supporting a robot in response to a contingency event. The method includes detecting the contingency event during travel of the robot on a route to a destination. In response,…DRIVE·Sep 4·1 min readFollowG01C21/3453AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
AIRCRAFT SENSOR SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATIONA method, apparatus, system, and computer program product (1222) for operating an aerial imaging system (200). A first altitude (226) of a first aircraft (204) is determined, by a computer system (210…DRIVE·Mar 13·2 min readFollowB64C13/18AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
AIRCRAFT HAVING HYBRID PROPULSIONAircraft having hybrid propulsion are disclosed. A disclosed example propulsion system for an aircraft. The propulsion system includes an engine, an electric motor, a first propeller mounted to an aer…DRIVE·Aug 30·1 min readFollowB60K6/48AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY [US]
