System Architecture and Risk Management for Autonomous Railway Convoys

Author

Henke, Christian ; Tichy, Matthias ; Schneider, Tobias ; Böcker, Joachim ; Schäfer, Wilhelm

Author_Institution

Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The RailCab project envisions autonomous railway vehicles which drive in convoy without mechanical coupling. The RailCabs can dynamically and autonomously build and dissolve convoys. This enables an on-demand use of these vehicles while retaining the cost and ecological advantages of public transport. The development of such system has to be rigorous with respect to safety issues in order to avoid loss of lives and other damages. In this paper we present an overview about the system architecture of the RailCab prototype on the test track as well as the actions to be taken to ensure safe operation.

Keywords

environmental factors; rail traffic; vehicle dynamics; RailCabs; autonomous railway convoys; public transport; risk management; system architecture; Costs; Hazards; Information processing; Mobile robots; Rail transportation; Remotely operated vehicles; Risk management; Safety; System testing; Vehicle driving; Autonomous Systems; Hazard Analysis; Railway; Risk Management; Systems of Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Conference, 2008 2nd Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2149-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2150-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SYSTEMS.2008.4518986

Filename

4518986