Project Title
Development of the MONITO system aimed at automating communication about hazards at railway-road crossings and increasing crossing safety.
Project Objective
In Poland, around 200 accidents and collisions occur every year at railway-road crossings. As a result, several dozen people lose their lives annually. 99% of these incidents are caused by recklessness and non-compliance with regulations by drivers.
This project aims to significantly improve safety by developing the MONITO solution, which assumes the AUTOMATION of key processes:
* HAZARD DETECTION (through monitoring of the railway-road crossing using computer vision technology, radar or lidar, and a decision-making system)
* INFORMATION TRANSMISSION (through communication between system components and the central system)
* HAZARD RESPONSE (through a system that delivers hazard information directly to the train driver's dashboard in near real-time).
Project Results
MONITO – a system for automating communication about hazards at railway-road crossings
Key features of the MONITO system:
- DIRECT COMMUNICATION TO THE TRAIN DRIVER
- SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE TIME NEEDED TO TRANSMIT OBSTACLE INFORMATION TO THE TRAIN DRIVER
- POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLATION AT CROSSINGS OF ANY CATEGORY
- ABILITY TO OPERATE FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY, INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY
- REDUCTION OF UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF SENSORS DETECTING OBSTACLES AT THE CROSSING
- RESOLUTION OF UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS BY CALLING A DISPATCHER “ON DEMAND”.
Target Groups
Railway infrastructure managers – both from the public and private sectors.
Project Tasks (R&D stages)
- Research aimed at developing laboratory versions of three prototypes of system components, i.e., obstacle detection devices.
- Testing the detection devices in conditions similar to real-life scenarios and determining the parameters of the hybrid solution.
- Developing the laboratory technical and communication infrastructure.
- Construction and testing of the prototype.
- Indirect costs.
The following categories of costs will be incurred as part of the tasks:
- salaries of R&D personnel
- supplies of materials, small laboratory equipment, etc. necessary for conducting R&D work
- depreciation costs of laboratory equipment used for research and testing
- purchase of external services related to the execution of tests and prototypes
- costs of renting laboratory space, cars for testing, cloud services
- purchase of necessary software
- indirect costs
Total project value
2,427,339.79 PLN
Eligible costs
2,399,974.85 PLN
Grant value
1,736,266.28 PLN
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