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Instrumented rail system

  • US 10,286,930 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2016
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A deployable vehicle of an instrumented rail system, the vehicle comprising:

  • a first locomotion module having a first mobility assembly configured to engage a first rail;

    a second locomotion module having a second mobility assembly configured to engage a second rail;

    an adjustable frame extendable between the first and second locomotion modules by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first and second rails; and

    a sensor module removably attachable to the frame, the sensor module including a sensor suite having a plurality of sensors for gathering data while the vehicle is deployed, the sensor module comprising a communications module having a first radio configured to enable the vehicle to establish at least a first wireless communication link with a remotely located mobile base station,wherein the communications module further includes a second radio configured to establish a second wireless communication link with the remotely located mobile base station,wherein the first and second locomotion modules are configured to be transported by an operator to a deployment location, via a first transport unit, for unmanned deployment of the deployable vehicle, andwherein the sensor module is configured to be transported by the operator to the deployment location, via a second transport unit, for the unmanned deployment.

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