Project to increase safety at level crossings in the Western Balkans successfully completed The project "Preparation of project documentation for increasing the safety on the railway level crossings in the Western Balkans", supported by Transport Community, has been successfully completed. In a consortium with the company Signalling Solutions, we reviewed the situation at 135 level… Read More »Project to increase safety at level crossings in the Western Balkans successfully completed

ESA Feasibility Study: Space4LevelCrossing Space4LevelCrossing  is a feasibility study of technical and commercial viability of innovative solutions based on use of satellite data in combination with the train on-board environment perception system for improving safety of Level Crossings.Together with the EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)  and our partner OHB Digital Services, we will perform a feasibility… Read More »ESA Feasibility Study: Space4LevelCrossing

Successful conclusion of the SecuRAIL project - a system aimed at enhancing passenger safety on railway platforms. The final demonstration of the SecuRAIL project and the developed prototype took place at Erdberg metro station, operated by Wiener Linien from Vienna. The system provides reliable detection of dangerous situations at railway stations. It automatically detects passengers… Read More »Successful conclusion of the SecuRAIL project

SMART2 project from the Shift2Rail programme successfully completed ​SMART2 project final event took place on 8th November 2022 in Niš, Serbia, in the frame of Western Balkans Rail Innovation Workshop 2022 that was organised together with the Transport Community. The Agenda of the event can be downloaded here.  SMART2 partners: SMART2 has received funding from… Read More »SMART2 project from the Shift2Rail programme successfully completed

Successful completion of the InspectRAIL project In October, the final testing of the autonomous mobile robot for monitoring dangerous sections of railway lines took place on the railway line in Ljubljana. The robot was tested in a real working environment by simulating dangerous obstacles placed on the line. All tests were successfully completed. The InspectRAIL… Read More »Successful completion of the InspectRAIL project

We are developing a new advanced sensor to increase passenger safety on railway platforms In the SecuRAIL project which is a part of SecurIT, an intelligent LiDAR sensor will be developed. This sensor will autonomously detect passengers and objects that fall from railway platforms or are deliberately pushed onto railway tracks. In case of such a… Read More »We are developing a new advanced sensor to increase passenger safety on railway platforms

Autonomous mobile robot for monitoring dangerous sections on railway lines successfully tested As part of the InspectRAIL project in the RIMA programme, we successfully tested a prototype autonomous mobile robot on the test site. The robot moved along tensioned steel wires along the railway line and recorded the situation on the railway line with LiDAR and a… Read More »Autonomous mobile robot for monitoring dangerous sections on railway lines successfully tested

FOKUS TECH develops a new concept for monitoring dangerous sections of railway lines with mobile robots Railway safety is threatened by landslides, falling rocks and trees, floods, collapses of rail lines and load-bearing structures, torrents and other hazards.FOKUS TECH is participating in the RIMA Acceleration Programme with the InspectRAIL project. This is a new concept for monitoring dangerous sections… Read More »FOKUS TECH develops a new concept for monitoring dangerous sections of railway lines with mobile robots