Maligaon: A high-level technical discussion and demonstration session was held between Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and IIT-Guwahati at the NFR (Construction) Headquarters in Maligaon on Thursday, wherein a number of state-of-the-art technologies for automated bridge monitoring and robotic underwater bridge maintenance were discussed.
A detailed roadmap for collaboration between the two esteemed institutions on this aspect was also drawn up during the session.
One of the interesting technologies discussed at the session was an advanced underwater inspection and maintenance system of railway bridges, which will utilise robotics and AI-based systems to address the unique challenges of underwater bridge maintenance, including detection of faults and retrofitting.
Another major area of discussion was a command centre-based predictive maintenance system for automatic monitoring of railway bridges, which is a cutting-edge initiative aimed at enhancing bridge safety through predictive analytics. The session was held in the presence of General Manager, NFR, Chetan Kumar Shrivastava; General Manager, NFR (Construction) Arun Kumar Chaudhary; and other senior officials of the NFR. Senior professors from various departments of IIT-Guwahati were also present during the discussion session.