Patent ID: 11858611
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A multi-rotor vehicle comprising: an airframe; and coupled to the airframe,
a plurality of electric motors operatively coupled to a respective plurality of rotors, the plurality of electric motors configured to cause the respective plurality of rotors to rotate relative to the airframe; and
a plurality of edge computing systems that are independent, distinct and distributed to the plurality of electric motors, each edge computing system of the plurality of edge computing systems operatively coupled to a respective electric motor of the plurality of electric motors, and thereby a respective rotor of the respective plurality of rotors, each edge computing system configured to acquire and process sensor data for the respective rotor to determine rotor status information, and execute motor commands to control the respective electric motor and thereby the respective rotor,
wherein each edge computing system is configured as an integrated flight computer and motor controller.