Economic and Technical Feasibility of a Robotic Autonomous System for Train Fluid Servicing
| Autor: | Mark Atherton, Stuart Hill, Marco Ajovalasit, David Harrison |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Computer science
Train servicing Mechanical Engineering 05 social sciences maintenance workshops 030210 environmental & occupational health hierarchical task analysis robots vehicle fluids 03 medical and health sciences Technical feasibility 0302 clinical medicine Task analysis Systems engineering Robot Rail traffic 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Current (fluid) Autonomous system (mathematics) 050107 human factors |
| Popis: | Rail traffic in passenger miles [in the UK] is projected to increase by 100% over the next 30 years, which presents a considerable challenge for the current infrastructure to perform the regular fluid servicing tasks. Developing robotic autonomous systems for train fluid servicing is a prospect for which no solutions currently exist. Therefore, the economic and technical feasibility of a robotic autonomous system to perform several key fluid servicing tasks on passenger train vehicles is investigated. The fluid servicing tasks chosen include those that to a significant degree are repetitive or hazardous for humans to perform, and therefore if performed by a robotic autonomous system will release service personnel to focus on more suitable tasks. The economic and technical cases presented strongly support the use of a robotic autonomous system for fluid servicing of trains. Generally available robotic autonomous system technology has reached a state of development capable of delivering what is required once reliable couplings and fluid hose technologies have been developed for this application. Overall, the findings are that fluid servicing capacity will at least double for around 15% of the cost of an equivalent manual servicing facility, which represents a substantially attractive business case. There will be modest technical challenges to be overcome that will add unknown cost elements such as modifications to vehicle fluid ports for robotic autonomous system compatibility and development of long power hoses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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