Systems for unmanned aerial spraying
AssigneeLuryto, LLC
InventorsLuke Busby, Todd Iverson, Ryan McMaster
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Abstract
A UAV includes a body and rotor coupled to the body. The UAV may include a boom connected to the body, and a nozzle connected to a distal end of the boom, wherein an operational configuration of the nozzle is responsive to a second control signal. The rotor, boom, and nozzle are arranged such that the nozzle is disposed further away from the body than the rotor. The UAV may further include a sensor disposed on either the body or the boom, wherein the sensor is configured to generate a detection signal associated with a distance between the sensor and a surface disposed proximate to the sensor.
Claims16
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a body;
- a rotor connected to the body, an operational configuration of the rotor responsive to a first control signal;
- a boom connected to the body;
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- a nozzle connected to a distal end of the boom, an operational configuration of the nozzle responsive to a second control signal, the rotor, boom, and nozzle arranged such that the nozzle is disposed further away from the body than the rotor.
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a body;
- a rotor connected to the body, an operational configuration of the rotor responsive to a first control signal;
- a boom connected to the body;
- a nozzle connected to a distal end of the boom, an operational configuration of the nozzle responsive to a second control signal, the rotor, boom and nozzle arranged such that the nozzle is disposed further away from the body than the rotor.
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), comprising:
- a body,
- a first rotor attached to the body, wherein the first rotor is arranged to rotate about a first axis;
- a boom attached to the body and extending outwardly from the body;
- a nozzle connected to a distal end of the boom and configured to controllably apply a liquid to a surface disposed proximate to the nozzle, where the first rotor, the boom, and the nozzle are arranged such that a point at which the liquid is dispelled from the nozzle is further away from a center of the body than the radially outermost extent of the first rotor as it rotates about the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.