Drone vehicle
First Claim
1. A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railroad, comprising:
- a vehicle body that supports first and second workheads, the first workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a first longitudinal positioning device, and the second workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a second longitudinal positioning device;
a propulsion device coupled to the vehicle body that propels the vehicle body; and
a control system configured toobtain tie position data including information representing an orientation of a tie,cause the first longitudinal positioning device to position the first workhead over a first portion of the tie based on the tie position data, andcause the second longitudinal positioning device to position the second workhead over a second portion of the tie based on the tie position data.
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Abstract
A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railway system is provided. A drone vehicle control system is structured to utilize tie position data to position a drone vehicle workhead over at least a portion of a respective tie. The drone vehicle control system is further structured to actuate the drone vehicle workhead. The drone vehicle may be controlled by a drone vehicle control system linked, preferably by wireless communications, to a lead vehicle and a lead vehicle control system. The lead vehicle control system and the drone vehicle control system are structured to communicate with each other, with the lead vehicle control system providing the tie position data to the drone vehicle control system.
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20 Claims
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1. A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railroad, comprising:
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a vehicle body that supports first and second workheads, the first workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a first longitudinal positioning device, and the second workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a second longitudinal positioning device; a propulsion device coupled to the vehicle body that propels the vehicle body; and a control system configured to obtain tie position data including information representing an orientation of a tie, cause the first longitudinal positioning device to position the first workhead over a first portion of the tie based on the tie position data, and cause the second longitudinal positioning device to position the second workhead over a second portion of the tie based on the tie position data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A maintenance vehicle for performing maintenance on a track, comprising:
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a body; a first workhead that performs track maintenance coupled to the body by a first longitudinal positioning device; a second workhead that performs track maintenance coupled to the body by a second longitudinal positioning device; and a controller configured to operate the vehicle in an automatic mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railroad, comprising:
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a vehicle body that supports first and second workheads, the first workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a first longitudinal positioning device, and the second workhead being coupled to the vehicle support body by a second longitudinal positioning device; a propulsion device coupled to the vehicle body that propels the vehicle body; and a control system configured to obtain information related to a position of a tie of the railroad and operate the first and second workheads based on the information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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