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.


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    Title :

    Vehicle, system and method for railway track inspection


    Publication date :

    2021-01-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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