Abstract

According to various aspects, an automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) for inspecting a railway track and/or a railway vehicle is described, comprising: an onboard driving device (104) to allow for moving the inspection robotic vehicle (100) to thereby allow the inspection robotic vehicle (100) to drive along and adjacent to a railway track; an onboard control device (106) configured to control the onboard driving device (104); one or more onboard sensors (108) configured to detect parameter data representing at least one railway track parameter and/or railway vehicle parameter, describing a condition of the railway track and/or railway vehicle, respectively; and a holding structure (110) laterally extending on the automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) and configured to engage with a rail or rails of the railway track to thereby, during use, hold the automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) on the rail or rails of the railway track.

IPC Classes  ?

• B61D 15/00 - Other railway vehicles, e.g. scaffold carsAdaptations of vehicles for use on railways
• B61K 9/08 - Measuring installations for surveying permanent way

Abstract

According to various aspects, an automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) for inspecting a railway track and/or a railway vehicle is described, including: a vehicle main body (102), an onboard driving device (104), an onboard control device (106), one or more onboard sensors (108), and a holding structure (110) including at least two pairs of first and second arms, wherein the first and second arms of each pair are arranged on both sides of and laterally extend away from the vehicle main body to allow, in use, each first arm and each second arm to mechanically interact with the first rail and the second rail, respectively, such that the inspection robotic vehicle is caught between the rails, wherein each first arm and each second arm includes at least one passive deflection mechanism allowing the respective first and second arm to be elastically deflected from an extended condition into a deflected condition.

IPC Classes  ?

• B61L 15/00 - Indicators provided on the vehicle or train for signalling purposes
• B61D 15/12 - Railway inspection trolleys power-propelled
• B61K 9/08 - Measuring installations for surveying permanent way
• B61L 27/50 - Trackside diagnosis or maintenance, e.g. software upgrades

Abstract

According to various aspects, an automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) for inspecting a railway track and/or a railway vehicle is described, comprising: an onboard driving device (104) to allow for moving the inspection robotic vehicle (100) to thereby allow the inspection robotic vehicle (100) to drive along and adjacent to a railway track; an onboard control device (106) configured to control the onboard driving device (104); one or more onboard sensors (108) configured to detect parameter data representing at least one railway track parameter and/or railway vehicle parameter, describing a condition of the railway track and/or railway vehicle, respectively; and a holding structure (110) laterally extending on the automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) and configured to engage with a rail or rails of the railway track to thereby, during use, hold the automotive inspection robotic vehicle (100) on the rail or rails of the railway track.

IPC Classes  ?

• B61L 23/04 - Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains for monitoring the mechanical state of the route
• B61D 15/12 - Railway inspection trolleys power-propelled

Goods & Services

Software; Application software for robot; Artificial intelligence and machine learning software; Surveying apparatus and instruments, Especially Surveying instruments for surveying railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Railway traffic safety appliances; Software for the collection and evaluation of measurement data; Computer programs for use in autonomous control of vehicles. Rail vehicles; Modular, robotic rail vehicles; Robotic rail vehicles equipped with tools; Robotic rail vehicles equipped with sensors; Robotic rail vehicles that can be extended with modules; Rail vehicles; Remote controlled rail vehicles; Robotic vehicles; Autonomous rail vehicles; Autonomous rail vehicles for examining and surveying railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Autonomous rail vehicles for the repair, overhaul, servicing and maintenance of railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Mobile robots for testing and surveying railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Mobile robots for the repair, overhaul, servicing and maintenance of railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; And parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods. fix, remanufacturing, Maintainance services, Maintenance, in relation to the following fields: Railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and Rails, Railway vehicles, Track surroundings; Rental of robots for the examination, surveying, repair, overhaul, servicing and maintenance of railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Advice, consultancy, support and information in relation to all of the aforesaid services; all the afore-mentioned services only in connection with rail-bound robotic platforms. Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; Industrial analysis and research services; Design and development of computer hardware and software, Especially, Relating to the following sectors: Artificial intelligence; Technical consultancy; Science and technology services, Scientific and technological research, Relating to the following sectors: restoration services, Maintenance, Servicing, Relating to the following sectors: Railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and Rails, rail bound vehicles, Track surroundings; Soil and building material investigations; Technical consultancy, Technical information services, Technical support, Relating to the following sectors: restoration services, Maintenance, Servicing, Relating to the following sectors: Railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and Rails, rail bound vehicles, Track surroundings; Design of rail vehicles; Engineering services relating to robotics; Platforms for artificial intelligence as software as a service [SaaS]; Artificial intelligence consultancy; Examination [inspection] of railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and rails of metal, rail vehicles and track surroundings; Technical measuring and testing, Relating to the following sectors: Railway lines, railway tracks, tracks and Rails, rail bound vehicles, Track surroundings; all the afore-mentioned services only in connection with rail-bound robotic platforms.