Responsive navigation of an unmanned aerial vehicle to a remedial facility

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a deployment system, diagnostic data corresponding to an object held by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the object has an expiration condition;
• determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the received diagnostic data;
• and
• responsive to determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied, initiating an action that comprises sending to the UAV both (i) navigation data relating to a remedial facility, and (ii) instructions to navigate to the remedial facility based, at least in part, on the navigation data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of a set of functions, the set including:

• receiving, by a deployment system, diagnostic data corresponding to an object held by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the object has an expiration condition;
• determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the received diagnostic data;
• and
• responsive to determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied, initiating an action that comprises sending to the UAV both (i) navigation data relating to a remedial facility, and (ii) instructions to navigate to the remedial facility based, at least in part, on the navigation data.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

• a navigation module;
• and
• a logic module configured for (i) determining diagnostic data corresponding to an object held by the UAV, wherein the object has an expiration condition;
• (ii) determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the determined diagnostic data;
• and (iii) responsive to determining that the expiration condition has been satisfied, initiating an action that comprises the UAV using the navigation module to navigate to a remedial facility.