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Request for Information (RFI) Robotics for Rail
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Network Rail has identified robotics as a potential avenue to improve the safety and efficiency of maintenance work. Personnel safety can be improved through reducing direct exposure to hazardous work by a robotic application, for example by automation of repetitive lifting activities. Additional benefits may include, improved frequency and coverage of maintenance inspections through the creation of autonomous or semi-autonomous tools. A longer-term aspiration is to develop a systems with the capability to conduct various sensing and maintenance tasks completely autonomously, however it is recognised that such a programme will take a long time to deliver. The purpose of the current market engagement is to improve the awareness of market capabilities, such that any subsequent development project and trials can be conducted at pace. Network Rail aims to engage in these trials shortly after the analysis of this RFI. The aim of these trials would be to enable Network Rail to accelerate their capability and learning in this area and enable rapid tests and feedback from end users, such that benefits can be demonstrated through the delivery of incremental functionality. Network Rail have currently prioritised three use cases, in order to drive the development of incremental functionality and demonstration of the benefits of robotic technology. We will be holding an industry webinar on 3 August 2020. You can find out more information and register at link which will be published in the clarification log Q&A’s No 1.
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42400000 - Lifting and handling equipment and parts
38400000 - Instruments for checking physical characteristics
42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
43200000 - Earthmoving and excavating machinery, and associated parts
34940000 - Railway equipment
16000000 - Agricultural machinery
Keywords
farm equipment
tractor attachments
plowing machines
cultivation implements
agricultural tractor accessories
railway equipment
train equipment
rail network equipment
rail infrastructure equipment
locomotive equipment
track equipment
passenger rail equipment
freight rail equipment
measuring devices
physical property gauges
dimensional testers
texture analyzers
hardness testers
surface measurement instruments
calibration gauges
lifting equipment
handling machinery
forklift parts
crane accessories
material handling unit
warehouse handling equipment
hoist system
conveyor part
loading equipment
unloading machinery
special-purpose equipment
custom industrial machinery
non-standard machines
multipurpose device
automation module
auxiliary unit
industrial subassembly
production system
bespoke machinery
modular equipment
earthmoving machinery
excavators
backhoe loaders
trenching equipment
construction diggers
site clearance machines
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