Granted Patent B2

US 12,595,053 · App. 17/478,656 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Inventors: Abhay Venkatesh (Irvine, CA); Brian W. Schimpf (Costa Mesa, CA); Elston ToChip (Vienna, VA); Jared Newman (Irvine, CA); Joshua John Bennett (Irvine, CA); Nikhil Reddy (Huntington Beach, CA); Samuel R. Elie (Oakland, CA)

Assignee: Anduril Industries, Inc.

B64C39/024G06F9/5044

Abstract

Claims (60)

1 . A system for dynamically grouping assets, comprising:

a communication interface; and

one or more processors coupled to the communication interface and configured to:

obtain data associated with one or more tasks being performed by a set of assets, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones and the plurality of drones is at least semi-autonomous, and wherein the data associated with one or more tasks includes adding an additional task to the one or more tasks;

determine to modify the set of assets based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more tasks, wherein determining to modify includes:

determining one or more capabilities associated with one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

determining a required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task; and

determining that one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets does not satisfy the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

in response to determining to modify the set of assets:

determining a modification to the set of assets based at least in part on (i) the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task, and (ii) one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets, wherein the modification includes adding an additional drone to the set of assets;

communicate, via the communication interface, an instruction to at least the additional drone, the instruction indicating the modification to the set of assets; and

responsive to communicating the instruction, modifying the set of assets to include the additional drone.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more remaining tasks include those tasks that are not yet completed or are on-going.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response to determining the modification includes adding the additional drone to the set of assets, update a plan to one or more elements of the one or more remaining tasks;

wherein the instruction includes the updated plan; and

wherein the updated plan is based at least in part on an assignment to newly added assets one or more elements associated with the one or more remaining tasks that was assigned to an asset of the set of assets before the modification to the set of assets.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the updated plan is determined based at least in part on the (i) the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks, and (ii) one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the modified set of assets.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets are obtained based at least in part on a mapping of capabilities to assets.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the modification to the set of assets further includes subtracting an asset from the set of assets.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that the modification includes subtracting an asset from the set of assets; and

in response to determining the modification includes subtracting the asset from the set of assets, update a plan to one or more elements of the one or more remaining tasks;

wherein the instruction includes the updated plan; and

wherein a determination of the updated plan includes re-assigning, among the modified set of assets, one or more elements associated with the one or more remaining tasks that was assigned to an asset that is subtracted from the set of assets.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a determination to modify the set of assets is based at least in part on a determination to more quickly perform the one or more tasks.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the determination to modify the set of assets is based at least in part on the determination to more quickly perform the one or more tasks is based at least in part on user input to a user interface that displays a status of a corresponding operation.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the user input includes a request to increase a speed with which the operation is performed.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the user interface provides an indication of an expected performance of the operation.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the user interface provides an expected performance with a set of options and one or more other proposed sets of assets.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a determination to modify the set of assets is based at least in part on a determination to perform the one or more tasks using more efficient resource deployment.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the determination to perform the one or more tasks using more efficient resource deployment is based at least in part on a user input to a user interface that displays a status of a corresponding operation.

15 . A method for grouping assets, comprising:

obtaining data associated with one or more tasks being performed by a set of assets, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones, and the drones are at least semi-autonomous, and wherein the data associated with one or more tasks includes adding an additional task to the one or more tasks;

determining to modify the set of assets based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more tasks, wherein determining to modify includes:

determining one or more capabilities associated with one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

determining a required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task; and

determining that one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets does not satisfy the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

in response to determining to modify the set of assets:

determining a modification to the set of assets based at least in part on (i) the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task, and (ii) one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets, wherein the modification includes adding an additional drone to the set of assets;

communicating, via a communication interface, an instruction to at least the additional drone, the instruction indicating the modification to the set of assets; and

responsive to communicating the instruction, modifying the set of assets to include the additional drone.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the remaining tasks include those tasks that are not yet completed or are on-going.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

in response to determining the modification includes adding the additional drone to the set of assets, update a plan to one or more elements of the one or more remaining tasks;

wherein:

the instruction includes the updated plan; and

the updated plan is based at least in part on an assignment to newly added assets one or more elements associated with the one or more remaining tasks that was assigned to an asset of the set of assets before the modification to the set of assets.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, performs:

obtaining data associated with one or more tasks being performed by a set of assets, wherein the set of assets comprises a plurality of drones, and the plurality of drones is at least semi-autonomous, and wherein the data associated with one or more tasks includes adding an additional task to the one or more tasks;

determining to modify the set of assets based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more tasks, wherein determining to modify includes:

determining one or more capabilities associated with one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

determining a required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task; and

determining that one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets does not satisfy the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task;

in response to determining to modify the set of assets:

determining a modification to the set of assets based at least in part on (i) the required redundancy of the one or more capabilities associated with the one or more remaining tasks including the additional task, and (ii) one or more drone capabilities respectively associated with the set of assets, wherein the modification includes adding an additional drone to the set of assets;

communicating, via a communication interface, an instruction to at least the additional drone, the instruction indicating the modification to the set of assets; and

responsive to communicating the instruction, modifying the set of assets to include the additional drone.

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