Intelligent & Integrated Asset Management
Funds one flagship consortium to build AI-driven, unmanned inspection, digital-twin and robotic maintenance systems for European rail assets.
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This topic wants a single large-scale Flagship Project that integrates rail asset management with traffic management systems, using unmanned monitoring, AI-based decision support, digital twins and remote or robotic interventions. It expects demonstrations spanning track, rolling stock, civil structures and power infrastructure across high-speed, regional, freight and mixed lines, building on the earlier FP3-IAM4RAIL project.
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