A railway track inspection vehicle 100 for travel along a set of railway tracks 115 comprising at least a pair of wheels 101, 103, wherein the wheels are supported by a support member 105; a track inspection component 117 (527, figure 10) for receiving information relating to the track from one or more sensors (513, 523, figure 10) disposed on the vehicle; and a propulsion mechanism (511, figure 10) coupled to the at least one pair of wheels that selectively rotate the wheels independently (see figures 6-8); and a control component (521, figure 10) for controlling the propulsion mechanism to selectively operate a pair of wheels in opposing directions to cause the wheels to disengage from the set of railway tracks.
Vehicle, system and method for railway track inspection
20.01.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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