Methods and systems of anchoring an unmanned aerial vehicle on a ground station

1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground station, comprising:

a landing surface having a perimeter and a center;

a plurality of pushers held above said landing surface by a plurality of actuators, wherein the plurality of pushers comprises:

a first pair of opposing pushers which are mounted in parallel to one another, and

a second pair of opposing pushers which are mounted in parallel to one another and perpendicularly to the first pair of opposing pushers;

at least one electro-mechanical connector attached to one of said plurality of pushers, mechanically adapted to be electrically connected to a compatible electro-mechanical connector of a UAV; and

a landing detection controller adapted to instruct said plurality of actuators to move said plurality of pushers from said perimeter toward said center when a landing event related to said UAV is detected.

2. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of pushers are pushing rods and said plurality of actuators include a plurality of vertical rods, each of said plurality of rods is attached to an end of one of said plurality of vertical rods.

3. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said first pair of opposing pushers are pushing rods located above said second pair of opposing pushers.

4. The UAV ground station of claim 3 , wherein said landing detection controller is adapted to instruct said plurality of actuators to simultaneously move all of said plurality of pushers.

5. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said electro-mechanical connector is adapted to be mechanically combined and electrically coupled to a matching electro-mechanical connector of said compatible electro-mechanical connector.

6. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of actuators move said plurality of pushers until said UAV is held by said plurality of pushers.

7. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein when said UAV is held by said plurality of pushers, said at least one electro-mechanical connector is electrically and mechanically connected to said compatible electro-mechanical connector of said UAV, so said UAV is electronically communicating and electrically charging via said electro-mechanical connector.

8. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , further comprising:

an enclosure having an open position and a closed position;

wherein said landing detection controller is further adapted to instruct said enclosure to move from said open position to said closed position when said landing event is detected.

9. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , further comprising:

a back-light located below said landing surface and illuminating said landing surface;

wherein said landing surface is made of semi-transparent material so said landing surface is visible at night from above.

10. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said landing surface is covered with an anti-glare coating to prevent light reflections from said landing surface.

11. The UAV ground station of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of actuators are plurality of linear actuators.

12. A method of anchoring an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to a UAV ground station, comprising:

detecting a landing event related to a UAV on a landing surface of a UAV ground station having a perimeter and a center; and

in response to the detection of the landing event instructing a plurality of actuators to move a plurality of pushers held above said landing surface from said perimeter toward said center;

wherein the plurality of pushers comprises:

a first pair of opposing pushers which are mounted in parallel to one another and having at least one electro-mechanical connector attached to at least one pusher of said first pair of pushers, and

a second pair of opposing pushers which are mounted in parallel to one another and perpendicularly to the first pair of opposing pushers.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

charging said UAV via said at least one electro-mechanical connector.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transferring data between said UAV and said UAV ground station via said at least one electro-mechanical connector.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

instructing said plurality of actuators to move said plurality of pushers from said center toward said perimeter to allow said UAV to be removed from said UAV ground station.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein said instructing includes:

instructing said plurality of actuators to move said first pair of pushers from said perimeter toward said center; and

instructing said plurality of actuators to move said perpendicular second pair of pushers from said perimeter toward said center.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

applying additional pressure by said second pair of pushers on said UAV.