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US 2023/0312137 A1Published application
Commodities airlifting system and method of airlifting commodities
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiko HASHIMOTO
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Abstract
A commodities airlifting system includes a self-propellable robot, an aircraft which carries commodities and the robot, and a lowering/loading apparatus which at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering. The robot which got off on the ground from the aircraft again gets on an aircraft.
Claims20
A commodities airlifting system, comprising:
- a self-propellable robot;
- an aircraft that carries commodities and the robot;
- and
- a lowering/loading apparatus that at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering,
- wherein the robot that got off on the ground from the aircraft again gets on an aircraft.
2 more elements
A method of airlifting commodities, comprising the steps of:
- using a self-propellable robot, an aircraft that carries the commodities and the robot, and a lowering/loading apparatus that at least enables the robot to get off on the ground from the aircraft, and to get on the aircraft from the ground, in a state where the aircraft is landed or a state where the aircraft is hovering;
- and
- again getting on an aircraft the robot that got off on the ground from the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.