Abstract: There is provided a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the drone system includes a demarcating member that demarcates an operation area and detects an intruder into the operation area, the operation area being an area where at least one of the drone and the movable body performs an operation, the movable body includes a movement control section that stops movement of the movable body based on the detection of the intruder by the demarcating member, and the drone includes a landing position determining section that determines a landing position based on a stop position of the movable body.

Abstract: There is provided a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the movable body including: a takeoff-landing area on which the drone can be placed and that serves as a takeoff-landing point from and on which the drone takes off and lands; a movement control section capable of moving the movable body together with the drone aboard; and a movable body transmission section that sends information on the movable body, the drone including: a flight control section that causes the drone to fly; and a drone reception section that receives information on the movable body, wherein the drone sends, to the movable body, a position of a takeoff-landing point at a time when the drone takes off.

Abstract: In a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the drone performing a predetermined operation in an agricultural field, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the plan determining section determines a flight plan for the drone and a movement plan for the movable body in accordance with the flight plan, and the instructing section instructs the drone to execute an operation in accordance with the flight plan and instructs the movable body to move or to be on standby in accordance with the movement plan.

Abstract: Being unable to restart when it collides with an object or crashes, an unmanned aerial vehicle, control system thereof and control program, for preventing damage caused by uncontrollable restarts and crashes is provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a plurality of rotating bodies, a plurality of motors individually driving and rotating the plurality of rotating bodies, and a flight controller individually controlling the plurality of motors. The flight controller includes a collision/crash detection unit detecting collision or crash on the basis of a signal from a sensor, and a power cut-off command unit cutting off a power supply on the basis of a detection signal from the collision/crash detection unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) capable of photographing a base part of the stem and a side of the leaf of the field crops for evaluating their growth status. A camera is positioned on the unmanned aerial vehicle such that the camera's field of view is directed backward with respect to the direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The camera captures an image of the crop temporarily knocked down by the downdraft created by the rotor of the drone, which exposes the base part of the stem and the side of the leaf to the sky. Optionally, the depression angle of the camera is automatically adjusted depending on the flight speed, wind force, and wind direction. Optionally, the camera body is automatically rotated to be directed to backward when the drone changes flying directions.

Abstract: A battery mount from which a battery device is attachable and detachable results in a configuration that enables easy attachment and detachment of a battery having various shapes. The battery mount includes: connection terminals configured to fit to external terminals of the battery and having a shape along which the external terminals are slidable in at least one direction; and a lever rotatable about a fulcrum and located at a side at which the connection terminals are located when seen from the battery in a state where the external terminals are fitted to the connection terminals. The external terminals are configured to be elastically deformable to fit to the connection terminals by sandwiching the connection terminals therein.

Abstract: In a battery mounting unit to/from which a battery device is attachable and detachable, a configuration that enables easy attachment and detachment of the battery device having various shapes is obtained. A battery mounting unit 1 includes: connection terminals 13 configured to fit to external terminals 110 of a battery device 3 and having a shape along which the external terminals 110 are slidable at least in one direction; and a lever 30 rotatable about a fulcrum and located at a side at which the connection terminals 13 are located when seen from the battery device 3 in a state where the external terminals 110 are fitted to the connection terminals 13. The external terminals 110 are configured to be elastically deformable to fit to the connection terminals 13 by sandwiching the connection terminals 13 therein.