Performance optimization of rail inspection robot system based on deep vision and machine learning
Author Names:
Hongming Shen, Lianjun Lan, Liang Zhou, Hua Wang
Author Affiliation:
Huaneng (Zhejiang) Energy Development Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310022, China
Author Email:
vk9039@163.com
Publication Date:
June 5, 2026
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DOI Number:
https://doi.org/10.1177/14727978251348628
Abstract:
The inspection of railway infrastructure faces significant challenges due to heterogeneous environmental conditions and non-uniform illumination patterns, leading to suboptimal detection performance in conventional robotic systems. This study develops a multi-stage image enhancement pipeline incorporating adaptive target segmentation and stereoscopic correspondence matching. A cross-sensor calibration protocol establishes precise spatial coordinates for defect localization through binocular disparity analysis. The proposed framework integrates an enhanced YOLOv5 architecture with contextaware attention modules, developing a hierarchical feature learning architecture that combines pyramidal representation with bidirectional multi-scale feature fusion layers. Experimental validation demonstrates 91.5% precision in fastener absence detection with optimized computational efficiency, indicating substantial improvements in automated rail defect diagnostics compared to baseline systems.
Keywords:
rail inspection robot, machine learning, deep vision, YOLOv5 model, attention mechanism
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