Unmanned aerial vehicle system and method

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprising:

• a UAV mission controller configured to:
• receive, from a user by way of a user interface of a user device, a natural language mission request concerning a mission for a UAV to be conducted in a given geographic region;
• obtain, from a mapping application, textual map data for the given geographic region;
• obtain UAV configuration data indicative of capabilities of the UAV;
• provide, to a language model (LM), model input data corresponding to the natural language mission request, the textual map data, and the UAV configuration data, the LM configured to generate, based on the model input data, model mission commands for the mission;
• receive, from the LM, the model mission commands for the mission;
• and
• send, to the UAV, UAV mission commands corresponding to the model mission commands for the mission.

A method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control comprising:

• receiving, by a UAV mission controller from a user by way of a user interface of a user device, a natural language mission request concerning a mission for a UAV to be conducted in a given geographic region;
• obtaining, by the UAV mission controller from a mapping application, textual map data for the given geographic region;
• obtaining, by the UAV mission controller, UAV configuration data indicative of capabilities of the UAV;
• providing, by the UAV mission controller to a language model (LM), model input data corresponding to the natural language mission request, the textual map data, and the UAV configuration data, the LM configured to generate, based on the model input data, model mission commands for the mission;
• receiving, by the UAV mission controller from the LM, the model mission commands for the mission;
• and
• sending, by the UAV mission controller to the UAV, UAV mission commands corresponding to the model mission commands for the mission.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to cause the following operations for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control:

• receiving, by a UAV mission controller from a user by way of a user interface of a user device, a natural language mission request concerning a mission for a UAV to be conducted in a given geographic region;
• obtaining, by the UAV mission controller from a mapping application, textual map data for the given geographic region;
• obtaining, by the UAV mission controller, UAV configuration data indicative of capabilities of the UAV;
• providing, by the UAV mission controller to a language model (LM), model input data corresponding to the natural language mission request, the textual map data, and the UAV configuration data, the LM configured to generate, based on the model input data, model mission commands for the mission;
• receiving, by the UAV mission controller from the LM, the model mission commands for the mission;
• and
• sending, by the UAV mission controller to the UAV, UAV mission commands corresponding to the model mission commands for the mission.