On May 11, 2010 the German Aerospace Center will present the railway collision avoidance system RCAS at a rail testcenter in Wegberg-Wildenrath near Dusseldorf with demonstrations and lectures.
RCAS is a collision avoidance system that is based on latest communications and sensor technologies and does not require components mounted along tracks. It is designed as a safety overlay system particularly suitable for tracks without technical safety systems, shunting yards and construction sites. The system evaluates the situation in each train based on information which is exchanged via direct train-to-train communications, such as position, speed, routings and size of the trains. At the event, participants can get an impression of the functionality of RCAS on board of a proof-of-concept demonstrator in a real train.
In the workshop part of the event the scientists will give information about the functionality of RCAS, technological enablers such as train-to-train communications, optical components and sensor-based map-machting as well as on operational, technological and certification relevant requirements.
Being a project of DLR‘s transporation research, RCAS involves the Institute of Communications and Navigation, the Institute of Transportation Systems and the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics. With its fundamental research DLR works on novel solutions and thereby provides a basis for future realisations in cooperation with industrial partners
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11th May 2010, 9 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Attendance is free of charge. Registration is required until the 3rd of May 2010. The registration form is attached to the invitation.