MODULAR DRONE AND METHODS FOR USE

摘要

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a drone. The drone may include: a navigation unit configured to determine the location of the drone and navigate the drone to designated locations; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read RFID tag information from RFID tags; and a wireless network transceiver configured to periodically transmit the location of the drone and RFID tag information to an inventory management system. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a drone. The method may include: receiving navigation path information; navigating the drone along the navigation path based on satellite location signals; determining current position information based on the satellite location signals; reading RFID tag information from a first RFID tag; and transmitting the RFID tag information and the current position information via a wireless client to a central computing system.

主权项

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for execution by a drone device, the non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising:
instructions for receiving, via a wireless network, location information indicating the location of a human customer; instructions for causing the drone device to move to an position near the human customer based on the location information; and instructions for causing a message output device of the drone device to present a message to the human customer when the drone device arrives at the position near the human customer.