United States Department of Transportation
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Railroad Track Inspector Wearable Technology Interface
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2018-02-01
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Abstract:Conducting railroad track safety inspections requires constant vigilance to detect defects that could have dangerous consequences. It also requires information to be received and sent during the execution of the inspection task. A Wearable Technology Interface (WTI) could prove helpful in supporting hands-free, eyes-ontask communications for railroad track inspection work. In Phase 1 of this research effort which started in December 2014, Syntek Technologies, Inc., (STI) successfully demonstrated a WTI for a railroad track inspection task in a laboratory environment. In Phase 2 that started in April 2016, STI selected an appropriate WTI technology, conducted a Task Analysis for track inspection work, developed the necessary software and testing scenarios, and conducted a Field Validation Experiment with the WTI in a realistic work environment. The WTI tested was a breadboard version of the Syntek Wearable Technology System (SWTS). Figure 1 shows the hardware parts of the system as worn.
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