Recovering wind power from remote vehicles

A computer program product (CPP) for use with a remote vehicle landing zone having a landing surface including a plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules capable of three dimensional movement, where each independently moveable landing surface module further includes a wind power generation module, the CPP comprising:

• a machine readable storage device;
• and
• computer code stored on the machine readable storage device, with the computer code including instructions for causing a processor(s) set to perform operations including:
• determining an air turbulence dataset corresponding to wind force(s) of air turbulence resulting from operation of a remote vehicle in vicinity of the landing zone applied to at least some of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules;
• determining whether the wind force(s) are above a threshold value;
• responsive to determining that the wind force(s) are above the threshold value, determining a subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules based, at least in part, on the air turbulence dataset;
• for at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules, exposing their corresponding wind power generation module to generate electrical power based on the wind force(s) of the air turbulence;
• receiving a second dataset corresponding to the remote vehicle approaching the remote vehicle landing zone for a landing, with the second dataset including information indicative of insufficient maneuvering capabilities to make a soft landing;
• in response to the second dataset, designating the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules for landing of the remote vehicle;
• instructing the remote vehicle to approach the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules;
• monitoring a position of the remote vehicle as it approaches the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules for landing of the remote vehicle;
• reorienting the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules to face towards the remote vehicle;
• and
• instructing the wind power generation modules of the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules to reverse flow to generate air turbulence directed towards the remote vehicle.

A computer system (CS) for use with a remote vehicle landing zone having a landing surface including a plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules capable of three dimensional movement, where each independently moveable landing surface module further includes a wind power generation module, the CS comprising:

• a processor set;
• a machine readable storage device;
• and
• computer code stored on the machine readable storage device, with the computer code including instructions for causing the processor set to perform operations including:
• determining an air turbulence dataset corresponding to wind force(s) of air turbulence resulting from operation of a remote vehicle in vicinity of the landing zone applied to at least some of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules;
• determining whether the wind force(s) are above a threshold value;
• responsive to determining that the wind force(s) are above the threshold value, determining a subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules based, at least in part, on the air turbulence dataset;
• for at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules, exposing their corresponding wind power generation module to generate electrical power based on the wind force(s) of the air turbulence;
• receiving a second dataset corresponding to the remote vehicle approaching the remote vehicle landing zone for a landing, with the second dataset including information indicative of insufficient maneuvering capabilities to make a soft landing;
• in response to the second dataset, designating the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules for landing of the remote vehicle;
• instructing the remote vehicle to approach the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules;
• monitoring a position of the remote vehicle as it approaches the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules for landing of the remote vehicle;
• reorienting the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules to face towards the remote vehicle;
• and
• instructing the wind power generation modules of the at least some of the subset of the plurality of independently moveable landing surface modules to reverse flow to generate air turbulence directed towards the remote vehicle.