Over on the Behance Network, Lithuanian design graduate Regimantas Vegele has uploaded an intriguing concept for a robotic railway probe—notable for the delightfully quintessential ID school styling of his working.
The concept aims to tackle the growing problem of railroad inspection, that can all too often causes havoc and delays across much of the aging European network— in the worst cases resulting in some pretty catastrophic train crashes. Using a rather complex-sounding laser and "ultrasonic air coupled transducers" system the probe records the GPS coordinates of possible structural faults, which can then be checked out by the operator.
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