公开(公告)号：US08433462B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-30

申请号：US12827596

申请日：2010-06-30

申请人： Robert S. Miller ,  Anthony P. Delucia ,  Peter R. Maurice

发明人： Robert S. Miller ,  Anthony P. Delucia ,  Peter R. Maurice

IPC分类号： G05D1/00

CPC分类号： E01B27/16 ,  E01B27/00 ,  E01B27/17

摘要： 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.