Unmanned aerial vehicle fleet management

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a status for a first UAV, wherein the status includes a power source charge level of the first UAV;
• calculating movement instructions based on the status;
• and
• instructing the first UAV, based upon the movement instructions, to move from a first location within a storage facility to a second location within the storage facility,
• wherein the second location is selected based, at least in part, upon the power source charge level,
• wherein the second location is selected to have a shorter flight time to an egress point of the storage facility or to a staging area of the storage facility, relative to the first location, when the power source charge level is greater than a first threshold level to move the first UAV towards the egress point of the storage facility or towards the staging area of the storage facility before moving other UAVs having lesser charge levels than the first UAV at the first location within the storage facility to the second location within the storage facility.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for controlling a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within a storage facility, the operations comprising:

• receiving a status from a first UAV of the plurality of UAVs, wherein the status includes a power source charge level of the first UAV;
• calculating movement instructions based on the status;
• and
• sending the movement instructions to the first UAV, wherein the movement instructions include directions to move the first UAV from a first location within the storage facility to a second location within the storage facility,
• wherein the first UAV is selected to move to the second location based, at least in part, upon the power source charge level of the first UAV,
• wherein the second location has a shorter flight time, relative to the first location, to an egress point of the storage facility or to a staging area of the storage facility,
• wherein the movement instructions prioritize movement of the first UAV towards the egress point or towards the staging area over others of the plurality of UAVs having lesser charge levels than the first UAV at the first location within the storage facility.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• one or more sources of propulsion coupled to provide propulsion to the UAV;
• a power source coupled to power the one or more sources of propulsion;
• a communication system coupled to the power source to communicate with an external device;
• and
• a controller coupled to the communication system, the power source, and the one or more sources of propulsion, wherein the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the UAV to perform operations, including:
• measuring a status of the UAV, the status including a power source charge level of the UAV;
• sending the status of the UAV to the external device;
• receiving movement instructions from the external device;
• and
• in response to receiving the movement instructions, engaging the one or more sources of propulsion to move the UAV from a first location within a storage facility to a second location within the storage facility,
• wherein the second location is selected based, at least in part, upon the power source charge level,
• wherein the second location is selected to have a shorter flight time to an egress point of the storage facility or to a staging area of the storage facility, relative to the first location, when the power source charge level is greater than a first threshold level to prioritize moving the UAV towards the egress point or the staging area over other UAVs also within the storage facility but having lesser charge levels.