SERVICE ROBOTS
Industrial Inspection/Maintanence/Cleaning Robotic Systems
Our Research And Motivation - Demand for enhanced efficiency and performance due to substantial demand growth in upgrading future railway infrastructure
Custom designed robotic configuration suited to real-time inspection and maintenance of health of the railway infrastructure and dedicated distributed computing networks for online access for predictive maintenance: We propose to devise novel robots and communication networks for the following three identified work domains-
1. Automated Inspection
Current Methods:
Manual; Dedicated vehicle; Instrumented Revenue Vehicle
Proposed - Justification for Robots in Railway Inspections:
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Standardization/Uniformity
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Availability/portability
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Remote sensing and Intelligent diagnostics
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Ability to work with other robots
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Mobile & flying device – catastrophic failure inspection of Infrastructure health
2. Automated Maintenance
Current Methods:
Welding; Repairs; Instrumented Revenue Vehicle
Proposed - Justification for Robots in Railway Maintenance:
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Same as inspection
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Customised, Dedicated configuration design à improved efficiency
3. Smart Operations
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Interfacing with IT Communications & Data Transfer
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Driverless Trains and Robots in Control Room
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Tele Presence (Using our Medical Example) – Expert Remote assistance
More details will follow soon!
