Method and system of collecting data using unmanned vehicles having releasable data storage devices

摘要

Methods and systems are disclosed for gathering data with unmanned vehicles (UMVs) in a specific area, storing gathered data on one or more RFID devices or some other data storage devices, and releasing these devices holding stored data for subsequent detection and analysis of the stored data by another system. In one embodiment, an RFID-enabled UMV system of the present invention is configured to collect data using a plurality of RFID tags and to release the RFID tags with the stored data in selected locations. An RFID tag analysis system is configured to obtain and analyze the data stored in the released RFID devices. Analysis of the stored data can be performed in a variety of ways, including manual analysis, analysis by an RFID reader, computer processing of the data, or any other desired analysis of the data. Alternative data storage devices include non-volatile memory devices that can store data, be released by the UMV, and be later processed by other systems.