更新時間：2022-12-21 07:32:26作者：admin2
Can a small group of drones guarantee the safety and reliability of railways and, at the same time, help railway operators save billions of euros each year? That is the very likely future of applying today's eyes in the sky technology to making sure that the millions of kilometres of rail tracks and infrastructure worldwide are safe for trains on a 24/7 basis.
一小群無人機可以保證鐵路的安全和可靠性，同時幫助鐵路運營商每年節省數十億歐元嗎？這就是應用當今“空中之眼”技術確保全世界數百萬公里的鐵路軌道和基礎設施全天候安全的未來。
Drones are already being used to examine high-tension electrical lines. They could do precisely the same thing to inspect railway lines and other vital aspects of rail infrastructure such as the correct position of railway tracks and switching points. The more regularly they can be inspected, the more railway safety, reliability and on-time performance will be improved. Costs would be cut and operations would be more efficient across the board.
無人機已經被用來檢查高壓電線。它們可以做同樣的事情來檢查鐵路線路和鐵路基礎設施的其他重要方面，如鐵路軌道和變軌點的正確位置。越是定期檢查，鐵路的安全性、可靠性和準時性就越高。全面削減成本，提高運營效率。
That includes huge savings in maintenance costs and better protection of railway personnel safety. It is calculated that European railways alone spend approximately 20 billion euros a year on maintenance, including sending maintenance staff, often at night, to inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerous work that could be avoided with drones assisting the crews' efforts.
這可以節省大量維護成本，更好地保護鐵路人員安全。據計算，僅歐洲鐵路維護每年就要花費約200億歐元，包括派遣維護人員（通常在夜間）檢查和維修鐵路基礎設施。這是件危險的工作，無人機協助工作人員則可以避免。
By using the latest technologies, drones could also start providing higher-value services for railways, detecting faults in the rail or switches, before they can cause any safety problems. To perform these tasks, drones for rail don't need to be flying overhead. Engineers are now working on a new concept: the rail drones of the future. They will be moving on the track ahead of the train, and programmed to run autonomously. Very small drones with advanced sensors and AI and travelling ahead of the train could guide it like a co-pilot. With their ability to see ahead, they could signal any problem, so that fast-moving trains would be able to react in time.
通過使用最新技術，無人機還可以開始為鐵路提供更高價值的服務，在鐵路或道岔出現任何安全問題之前檢測出故障。為了執行這些任務，鐵路無人機不需要在頭頂飛行。工程師們現在正在研究一個新概念：未來的軌道無人機。它們將在列車前方的軌道上移動，編制好程序自動運行。配備先進傳感器和人工智能的微型無人機可以像副駕駛一樣引導列車前行。憑借它們的前瞻能力，它們可以發出任何問題的信號，以便快速行駛的列車能夠及時做出反應。