Autonomous Driving Trains to Pass in Bidirectional Crossing Loop Preventing Stops

Dordal, Osmar Betazzi; Avila, Braulio C.

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2016.08.129

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“…Nevertheless, some political and legal requirements must be satisfied before wide implementation of ATs (e.g., the need for railroad security and safety standards with respect to the AT testing processes). [40] presented an intelligent approach, which was based on software agents, to coordinate trains along a single railroad track. The main objective was to improve the utilization of a railroad track and reduce the associated environmental impacts.…”

Section: B General Issues Associated With Autonomous Trainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the existing interest of the relevant stakeholders, the autoBAHN project might be implemented in the near future. 11 Dordal and Avila (2016) [40] Develop a software agent-based system to coordinate trains.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The new generation ATs should have the appropriate types of technology that could achieve operational cost optimization, energy reduction targets, minimization of risks associated with human errors, and high system performance. 40 Bharathi et al…”

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Deployment of Autonomous Trains in Rail Transportation: Current Trends and Existing Challenges

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Automation is expected to effectively address the growing demand for passenger and freight transportation, safety issues, human errors, and increasing congestion. The growth of autonomous vehicles using the state-of-the-art connected vehicle technologies has paved the way for the development of passenger and freight autonomous trains (ATs), also known as driverless trains. ATs are fully automated trains that are centrally controlled using advanced communication and internet technologies, such as highspeed internet (5G) technology, Internet of Things, dedicated short range communications, digital video detection cameras, and artificial intelligence-based methods. The current study focuses on a detailed up-todate review of the existing trends, technologies, advancements, and challenges in the deployment of ATs with a full automation level in rail transportation. The basic AT features along with the key technologies that are instrumental for the AT deployment and operations are discussed in detail. Furthermore, a comprehensive evaluation of the state-of-the-art research efforts is performed as well with a specific emphasis on the issues associated with the AT deployment, user perception and outlook for ATs, innovative concepts and models that could be used for the AT design, and the AT operations at highway-rail grade crossings. Based on the conducted review, this study determines the main advantages and challenges from the AT deployment. The identified challenges have to be collaboratively addressed by the relevant stakeholders, including railroad companies, researchers, and government representatives, to facilitate the AT development and deployment considering the perspectives of future users and without affecting the safety level.INDEX TERMS Autonomous trains, driverless trains, connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, automation trends, automation challenges.

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Section: General Issues Associated With Autonomous Trainsmentioning

confidence: 99%