System, method and station for landing of a drone

A drone landing system, the drone landing system including:

• a moveable platform on which the drone is supportable in a landed state;
• a space dimensioned to receive the platform and the drone in the landed state, a first closable barrier arranged between the drone in the landed state and an external environment when the platform and the drone are received by the space;
• a second closable barrier arranged between the drone in the landed state and a personnel zone adjacent the space;
• and a control arrangement configured to determine an operating state of the drone being in one of a safe state in which at least one of a drone body and rotors of the drone cease movement and a non-safe state, and in the safe state selectively operate the platform to carry the drone into the space such that the platform, the first closable barrier and the second closable barrier are operated between:
• a first condition, in which the first closable barrier is in an open condition so that the drone is landable on the platform the second closable barrier is in a closed condition so as to prevent access of a person between the platform and the drone in the landed state received by the space and the personnel zone, and a second condition, in which the platform and the drone in the landed state are receivable by the space, the first closable barrier is movable to a closed condition, and the second closable barrier is moveable to an open condition so as to allow access of the person between the drone and the personnel zone.

A drone landing station, the drone landing station including:

• a space dimensioned to receive the drone;
• a landing platform movably receivable by the space on which the drone is supportable;
• a first closable barrier between an external environment and the space when the platform and the drone are received by the space;
• a second closable barrier between the space and a personnel zone adjacent the space so as to inhibit access of a person between the drone received by the space and the personnel zone;
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• a control system configured to determine an operating state of the drone being in one of a safe state in which at least one of a drone body and rotors of the drone cease movement and a non-safe state, and in the safe state selectively operate the platform to carry the drone into the space such that the platform, the first closable barrier, and the second closable barrier are operated between a first condition, in which the drone is landable on the platform and at least one of the first and second closable barriers is in a closed condition between the drone and at least one of the space and personnel zone, and a second condition, in which the platform and the landed drone are receivable by the space, the first closable barrier is movable to a closed condition, and the second closable barrier is moveable to an open condition so as to allow access of the person between the drone and the personnel zone,
• wherein the platform is adapted to carry the drone into the space when being moved between the first condition and the second condition.