Automated unmanned aerial vehicle dock verification and landing

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured for automated UAV dock verification and landing, the UAV comprising:

• one or more cameras;
• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to:
• capture, using the one or more cameras, one or more images within an environment in which the UAV is navigating;
• determine that the one or more images depict a first fiducial of a dock within the environment;
• determine, based on the depiction of the first fiducial, to use the dock for a landing operation;
• determine that the one or more images depict a second fiducial of the dock;
• determine, based on the depiction of the second fiducial, a UAV placement for the landing operation at the dock;
• and
• perform the landing operation to land the UAV at the dock according to the UAV placement,
• wherein the first fiducial is used to identify the dock from amongst multiple docks within the environment.

A method for automated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dock verification and landing, the method comprising:

• obtaining, using a camera of a UAV, one or more images depicting a first fiducial of a dock and a second fiducial of the dock;
• determining, according to the depiction of the first fiducial within the one or more images, to use the dock for a landing operation for the UAV;
• determining, according to the depiction of the second fiducial within the one or more images and based on the determination to use the dock for the landing operation, a UAV placement for the landing operation at the dock;
• and
• causing, based on the UAV placement, a performance of the landing operation to land the UAV at the dock,
• wherein the first fiducial is used to identify the dock from amongst multiple docks within an environment in which the UAV is navigating while the first image is captured.