Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications

Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications presents the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence for railway systems, giving foundational principles and running through special problems in robot systems for rail transit. State-of-the art research in robotics and railway systems is presented alongside a series of real-world examples. Eight chapters give definitions and characteristics of rail transit robot systems, describe assembly and collaborative robots in manufacturing, introduce automated guided vehicles and autonomous rail rapid transit, demonstrate inspection robots, cover trench robots, and explain unmanned aerial vehicles. This book offers an integrated and highly-practical way to approach robotics and artificial intelligence in rail-transit.

1. Introduction2. Rail transit assembly robot systems3. Rail transit collaborative robot systems4. Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) in rail transit intelligent manufacturing environment5. Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART)6. Rail transit inspection robots7. Rail transit channel robot systems8. Rail Transit Inspection Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Hui Liu is a Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, at Central South University, China, as well as a Vice Dean of the Faculty of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, and Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAIR). He received a Ph.D. in Automation Engineering, and his habilitation, from Rostock University in Germany. He has published more than 70 papers, and holds over 50 patents.