A review on the prospects of mobile manipulators for smart maintenance of railway track

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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Miftahur
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Haochen
dc.contributor.authorDurazo-Cardenas, Isidro
dc.contributor.authorStarr, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHall, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-15T14:39:15Z
dc.date.available2023-06-15T14:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-25
dc.description.abstractInspection and repair interventions play vital roles in the asset management of railways. Autonomous mobile manipulators possess considerable potential to replace humans in many hazardous railway track maintenance tasks with high efficiency. This paper investigates the prospects of the use of mobile manipulators in track maintenance tasks. The current state of railway track inspection and repair technologies is initially reviewed, revealing that very few mobile manipulators are in the railways. Of note, the technologies are analytically scrutinized to ascertain advantages, unique capabilities, and potential use in the deployment of mobile manipulators for inspection and repair tasks across various industries. Most mobile manipulators in maintenance use ground robots, while other applications use aerial, underwater, or space robots. Power transmission lines, the nuclear industry, and space are the most extensive application areas. Clearly, the railways infrastructure managers can benefit from the adaptation of best practices from these diversified designs and their broad deployment, leading to enhanced human safety and optimized asset digitalization. A case study is presented to show the potential use of mobile manipulators in railway track maintenance tasks. Moreover, the benefits of the mobile manipulator are discussed based on previous research. Finally, challenges and requirements are reviewed to provide insights into future research.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRahman M, Liu H, Durazo Cardenas I, et al., (2023) A review on the prospects of mobile manipulators for smart maintenance of railway track. Applied Mechanics, Volume 13, Issue 11, May 2023, Article number 6484en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2673-3161
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/app13116484
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/19792
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectmobile manipulatoren_UK
dc.subjectrailway track maintenanceen_UK
dc.subjectrobotic maintenance technologyen_UK
dc.subjectautonomous systemsen_UK
dc.titleA review on the prospects of mobile manipulators for smart maintenance of railway tracken_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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