Drone network and system with a drone network
AssigneeIDAS GmbH—Intelligent Drone Application Systems
InventorsMartin Knopf, Fredy Doll, Pascal Doll
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Abstract
A drone network (1) having at least three drones, with at least one first work drone (2), the work drone (2) being designed to perform activities in its environment and being connected to a base station (5) via a supply line (4), and having at least one auxiliary drone (3), with the supply line (4) being guided to the work drone (2) via the auxiliary drone (3). The drone network additionally includes a further, third drone (14) which has sensors (8) and/or monitors (9) for monitoring the work drone (2) and/or auxiliary drone (3) and/or monitors (9) for monitoring the environment of the work drone (2) and/or auxiliary drone (3). A system (13) is also provided having a drone network (1) and a base station (5).
Claims20
A drone network (1) comprising:
- at least one work drone (2), the at least one work drone (2) being adapted to perform activities in an environment and being connected to a base station (5) via a supply line (4);
- at least one auxiliary drone (3), the supply line (4) being guided to the at least one work drone (2) via the at least one auxiliary drone (3);
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- a further drone (14) that is untethered from the supply line (4) and is independently movable relative to the at least one work drone (2) and the at least one auxiliary drone (3), the further drone (14) comprising at least one of sensors (8) or means (9) for monitoring at least one of the at least one work drone (2) or the at least one auxiliary drone (3) and/or means (9) for monitoring the environment of at least one of the at least one work drone (2) or the at least one auxiliary drone (3).
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