Trinocular vision systems for unmanned aerial vehicles

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

• a chassis;
• arms extending outwardly from the chassis;
• propeller assemblies supported by the arms;
• and
• a vision system supported by the chassis such that the vision system is positioned inwardly of the arms, wherein the vision system includes:
• a trio of lower image capture assemblies positioned proximate a front end of the UAV;
• and
• a trio of upper image capture assemblies positioned proximate a rear end of the UAV such that each of the trio of lower image capture assemblies is offset from each of the trio of upper image capture assemblies along a length of the UAV.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

• a body;
• arms extending outwardly from the body;
• propeller assemblies supported by the arms;
• a vision system directly supported by the body, wherein the vision system includes image capture assemblies arranged in a generally triangular configuration and configured to facilitate navigation of the UAV;
• and
• a gimbal module supported by the body, wherein the gimbal module includes optical components separate from the image capture assemblies of the vision system and arranged in a generally triangular configuration.