Skydiving Robots

A system for Skydiving Robots™ to skydive like humans using off-the-shelf or customized parachutes where the robots grasp the chute's toggles which open and then control the chute and then move their arms up and down like humans to turn, steer and land near the target, where the jump can begin at up to or over 30,000 feet above ground level (AGL) with a system comprising:

• human like hands for the robots to permit grasping the chute's toggles which open the chute and steer and operate the parachute and optionally to operate weapons for military missions;
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• a Global Positioning Sensor (GPS) and other sensors including the implied wind speed, which tracks the skydive and indicates the Skydiving Robot's position relative to the target to permit the robot to steer and land near the target using arm and hand movements to control the chute's control toggles similar to a real skydiver where the chute's movement is controlled by a jumper moving their arms up and down which turns and controls and sets the speed of the parachute;
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• a computer vision camera system which permits the robot to find and pull the toggle which opens the parachute and control toggles for the parachute and then guide the humanoid hand to grasp the toggle and simply pull it down and up with the robot's arm movements to steer, turn and control the chute's speed and flare and land and during emergencies find cutaway and pull the reserve parachute;
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• use a technique during freefall called tracking, where skydivers change their body position to turn, or move horizontally, which can be practiced using a simulator and/or real jumps permitting robots to precisely land and if the robot, like a human, is in an aerodynamically stable position there is no horizontal movement however if the skydiver puts their arms next to their body and their legs together straight out like a guided missile, they could move up to or over 180 mph horizontally and up to or over 300 mph vertically.