Technology

Train maintenance robot funding

By 2016-03-15T13:28:00

The cab front cleaning robot project involves Cranfield University, Heriot Watt University, Bombardier Transportation, Chiltern Railways and Shadow Robot Co (Photo: Shadow Robot Co).

UK: Funding has been allocated for academic studies into the feasibility of using robots and autonomous systems to undertake ‘dangerous, difficult, dirty and dull’ rolling stock maintenance tasks.

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