Refuse collection drone

A refuse collection drone comprising:

• a chassis;
• a plurality of tractive elements rotatably coupled with and supporting the chassis;
• a propulsion system comprising a battery and an electric motor configured to consume electrical energy from the battery, the propulsion system configured to drive one or more of the plurality of tractive elements to transport the refuse collection drone to a customer location;
• a bin removably coupled with the chassis, the bin defining a storage volume for refuse, and comprising a cover, the cover configured to be driven by an actuator to transition between an open position to allow access to the storage volume and a closed position to limit access to the storage volume;
• a lock operable between a locked state to limit transition of the cover out of the closed position and an unlocked state to allow transition of the cover out of the closed position and into the open position;
• a charging interface configured to receive electrical energy to charge the battery, the charging interface including at least one of a wireless charging interface configured to wirelessly receive electrical energy from an external wireless charging source when the wireless charging interface is within a field of the external wireless charging source or a wired charging interface configured to be driven into electrical engagement with a contact of an external wired charging source;
• a controller configured to operate the propulsion system to transport the refuse collection drone to the customer location, the controller further configured to operate the actuator and the lock to transition the cover into the open position, and responsive to placement of refuse in the storage volume, transition the cover into the closed position and transition the lock from the unlocked state into the locked state;
• and
• a display screen positioned externally on the refuse collection drone, the display screen operable to provide instructions to a user or to provide an advertisement to the user, the instructions to the user comprising at least one of a notification to remove a particular item from the refuse collection drone or an image of the particular item obtained by a camera of the refuse collection drone.