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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daniel H. Simon, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Benjamin B. Alvarez, Hanover, MD (US);
William A. Irizarry-Cruz, Odenton, MD (US);
Todd M. Gustafson, West Friendship, MD (US);
Abraham Rajan, Laurel, MD (US);
Frederick Warren LeBlanc, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Warren E. Zander, Millersville, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A deployable vehicle for an instrumented rail system includes a first locomotion module having a first mobility assembly configured to engage a first rail, a second locomotion module having a second mobility assembly configured to engage a second rail, an adjustable frame extendable between the first and second locomotion modules by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first and second rails, and a sensor module removably attachable to the frame. The sensor module includes a sensor suite having a plurality of sensors for gathering data while the vehicle is deployed. The sensor module includes a communications module having a first radio configured to enable the vehicle to establish at least a first communication link with a remotely located mobile base station, and a second radio configured to establish a second communication link with the remotely located mobile base station.