Systems for charging aerial vehicles

A system comprising:

• an aerial vehicle, wherein the aerial vehicle comprises a fuselage, a power sink, and a charging terminal ventral to the fuselage, wherein the charging terminal comprises a plurality of electric contacts;
• and
• a landing pad, wherein the landing pad comprises a housing, and an electrically conductive landing terminal dorsal to the housing, the landing terminal comprising:
• a first set of nodes;
• a second set of nodes;
• and
• a non-conductive space disposed between the first set of nodes and the second set of nodes,
• wherein the first set of nodes, the second set of nodes, and the non-conductive space are configured such that, for any pose of the aerial vehicle during a landing state of the aerial vehicle on the landing pad, at least one electric contact of the charging terminal makes contact with a node of the first set of nodes, and at least one other electric contact of the charging terminal makes contact with a node of the second set of nodes.

An aerial vehicle comprising:

• a fuselage;
• a power sink;
• a charging terminal ventral to the fuselage, wherein the charging terminal comprises a plurality of electric contacts configured relative to a first set of nodes on a landing terminal of a landing pad and a second set of nodes on the landing terminal such that, for any pose of the aerial vehicle during a landing state of the aerial vehicle on the landing pad, at least one electric contact makes contact with a node of the first set of nodes, and at least one other electric contact makes contact with a node of the second set of nodes;
• and
• a plurality of electric leads configured to transfer the electric power drawn from the landing pad by the plurality of electric contacts to the power sink.