System for autonomous operation of multiple hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles supported by recharging stations to perform services

An automated system for controlling a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), comprising:

• a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
• a receiver for receiving first telemetric data from said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
• a transmitter for transmitting control data to said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
• at least one processor in communication with a memory which has stored therein processor-issuable instructions;
• and
• a planner for substantially simultaneously determining a plurality of plans for each one of said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a predetermined time period based at least upon said first telemetric data received from said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and for iteratively revising said telemetric data and said plurality of plans into updated telemetric data and plans for each one of said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and for transmitting both navigational and scheduling program data to said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such that said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can not only be controlled navigationally but can also be controlled in accordance with a scheduled program, including periodic movements to at least one recharging station, whereby individual ones of said plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles can assist each other in combination in order to accomplish a predetermined task, as well as to relieve each other as necessary in accordance with a continuously controlled unmanned aerial vehicle operational program.