Patent 9561871 was granted and assigned to DEERE & COMPANY on February, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An aerial vehicle docking system includes a landing pad and an aerial vehicle. The landing pad has a concave landing surface and a depression. The aerial vehicle has landing gear and a protrusion. The protrusion is shaped to mate with the depression. The protrusion and the landing gear are positioned on a bottom surface of the aerial vehicle.