Current day maintenance activities aimed at dealing with vegetation on and alongside railway tracks are carried out manually. Typically a human inspector responsible for maintenance walks along the railway tracks and gives out judgment concerning the vegetation. Such judgments are largely based on visual examination. This is slow and expensive and maintaining an even quality standard is difficult. It also requires skilled and trained staff.
- Instead of manually inspecting vegetation, it is possible to envisage an automatic inspection system.
The R&D project is a collaborative activity between Banverket and Dalarna University with the support of industrial partners. The aim of this project is to develop algorithms and a foundation to enable a later development of an automatic inspection system capable of (fully or partially) replaces manual inspections.
Nyberg, Roger G., Gupta, Narendra, Yella, Siril, Dougherty, Mark. Detecting Plants on Railway Embankments, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 3B, 8-12. Article : refereed.
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