Russia: At TRANS AI in Moscow, Andrey Romanchikov, Managing Director for Intelligent Control Systems Development at TMH, shared these plans.
He explained to the participants of the conference dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence in the transportation sector that, according to customer orders, GoA3 systems can be deployed on mainline locomotives or MU rolling stock.
According to him, the primary economic impact of ATO implementation has already been achieved at the GoA2 level, with TMH installing this equipment for several years.
TMH conducted testing of the GoA3-necessary computer vision on the Ivolga EMUs in February 2024. Over the next few years, the manufacturer will release the 2ES9 electric locomotive, 2TE30/3TE20G diesel freight locomotives, and 2EP21 passenger locomotive in accordance with technical regulations of Russian Railways (RZD).
By the end of 2024, the company plans to demonstrate the operation of the TEM23 shunting locomotive, which is equipped for GoA4 operation, at an RZD marshalling yard. The automatic train operation system Ctrl@Traffic 200 was announced as a potential deployment option for the locomotive at its launch. In addition to unmanned operation, the system enables obstacle detection and remote control. Last year, Vladimir Andreev, head of the RZD Technical Policy, confirmed that 11 TEM23 locomotives will be delivered to a station in the Chelyabinsk region, which is the designated base for the RZD rail station digitalisation project.
