Artificial Intelligence

Since 2016, 4Tel Pty Ltd of Newcastle, Australia, has been investing in the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for application in the rail industry generally. As a part of this activity, 4Tel has a research and development contract with the University of Newcastle Robotics Laboratory known as NUBots, where 4Tel is their Platinum Sponsor. The artificial intelligence work is being conducted under “Project HORUS”, which seeks to develop an Advanced Driver Advisory System (ADAS) using real-time sensors and software to assist a driver in the safe operation of a train/locomotive. As the technical basis to this work, 4Tel has selectively applied modern autonomous car technology to achieve very sophisticated artificial-intelligence based, ADAS functionality in rail applications. While this work will also lead to autonomous driverless trains in the future, for now the urgent task is to improve safety and operating efficiency.