Design Analysis of Compact Autonomous Railway Inspection Vehicle (CARIV)
Mohd Bazli Bahar1, Mohd Shahrieel Mohd Aras2, Lim Zhi Han3, Ho Gui Yan4, Teo Seng Loong5, Marizan Sulaiman6, Fadilah Ab Azis7
1Mohd Bazli Bahar, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
2Mohd Shahrieel Mohd Aras, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
3Marizan Sulaiman, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
4Fadilah Ab Azis, Department of Electrical, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
5Lim Zhi Han, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
6Ho Gui Yan, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
7Teo Seng Loong, Department of Mechatronics, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 09 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 23 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 31 December 2019 | PP: 501-507 | Volume-8 Issue-12S2 October 2019 | Retrieval Number: L109510812S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.L1095.10812S219
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Abstract: The aim of this project is to reduce the occurrence of train derailment due to railway track defects to zero in the following years by increasing the efficiency of railway track inspection and railway track defects detection. Moreover, this project aims to reduce the need of railway track inspection workers to perform on-foot inspection at odd hours. All of these can be achieved by deploying the compact autonomous railway inspection vehicle (CARIV). The CARIV is equipped with ultrasonic sensors, which will be used to detect railway track defects. In addition, when railway track defects are detected, CARIV will take an image of the defective section of the railway track and send to the operator together with the GPS coordinates via email. CARIV will also be providing live video feedback to a browser so that the operator is able to perform visual checking for railway track defects undetectable by the ultrasonic sensor without having to perform on-foot inspection. This is to allow the operator to inspect the railway track defect in detail to determine the seriousness of the railway track damage. The final phase of this project is to test the system on fabricated railway track with defects.
Keywords: CARIV, Fritzing, SolidWorks, Track Defect.
Scope of the Article: Low-power design