NETHERLANDS: Strukton Rail is to work with Trackbot robot developers AMT Group and No Man Trackwork to produce a prototype autonomous machine for the fast and accurate installation of balises and axle counters as part of the national ERTMS deployment programme.
The partners hope that a prototype will be ready in 2023. No Man Trackwork said ‘robotisation is the future for rail construction’, with robots able to work ‘faster, more accurately and safer’.