Ford patents system that sends rescue DRONES to jumpstart dead car batteries

Next time your car breaks down, just look to the skies - Ford could unleash rescue drones to jumpstart dead batteries of vehicles stranded on the side of the road. The American automobile maker published a patent Tuesday for a system that uses aerial vehicles fitted with three-pronged hands that open the hood to apply jumper cables or a direct charge. The document describes the vehicle, whether passenger or commercial, detects a low battery and transmits a signal to a central computer that sends a fleet. Ford suggests using the vehicle's GPS location to guide one of the drones to the car, which will snap images of the scene and relay instructions to its fellow machines. Ford's a system that uses aerial vehicles fitted with three-pronged hands that open the hood to apply jumper cables or a direct charge Ford has been pumping out patents for different uses of drones, suggesting it could eventually develop its own propelled machines, with one in 2018 that would use the UAVs to help guide driverless vehicles.