Patent ID: 11964783
Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A method for delivering a payload, the method comprising:
detaching a first autonomous vehicle from an aircraft during flight of the aircraft;
updating a first destination of the first autonomous vehicle in response to determining that a second destination of a second autonomous vehicle changed;
navigating, using a first propulsion system of the first autonomous vehicle, the first autonomous vehicle to deliver the second autonomous vehicle to the first destination after updating the first destination;
detaching the second autonomous vehicle from the first autonomous vehicle at the first destination in response to making a determination, by the first tracking system of the first autonomous vehicle, that the first destination is within a threshold distance of the second destination after updating the first destination;
updating the second destination based on the second destination changing after detaching the second autonomous vehicle; and
navigating, using a second propulsion system and a second tracking system of the second autonomous vehicle, the second autonomous vehicle to deliver a payload to the second destination as updated after detaching the second autonomous vehicle.