From Safe Rails To Autonomous Realms (Thierry Lecomte)

 

From Safe Rails To Autonomous Realms

• August 2025

• DOI:
• 10.13140/RG.2.2.11454.96321

• Conference: TAROS 2025
• At: York, UK
• Affiliation: ClearSy System Engineering

• Lab:
• Thierry Lecomte's Lab

 Thierry Lecomte presents CLEARSY’s journey from safety-critical railway automation to broader applications in autonomous mobility. Drawing from global deployments of automatic train systems, we show how railways function as large-scale robotic systems with embedded autonomy, localization, and fail-safe mechanisms. We then explore CLEARSY’s innovations in ground,aerial, and underwater autonomy, highlighting shared challenges in navigation, sensor fusion, and environment interaction. The role of advanced sensors, robust hardware, and formal modeling is emphasized across all domains. A core theme is the integration of safety, verification, and validation into robotics design—rooted in CLEARSY’s railway experience. The talk also addresses the transition from deterministic systems to complex, uncertain environments, proposing cross-domain methodologies for trustworthy autonomy. By bridging industry and research, CLEARSY supports the development of safe, deployable autonomous technologies. This keynote invites collaboration to ensure that the next generation of robotic systems is as safe as it is intelligent.

 

 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394929623_From_Safe_Rails_To_Autonomous

 

Cette ligne est dans le Teesside. Bill Stoddart, Steve Dunne et Andy Galloway y faisaient du B à l'Université de Teesside à Middlesbrough.

Et Steve l'empruntait pour aller à Darlington.

 

Visitez le musée du chemin de fer à York ! 

 

This line is in the Teesside. Bill Stoddart, Steve Dunne and Andy Galloway were doing B at Teesside University in Middlesbrough. And Steve used to take it to Darlington. Visit the Railway Museum in York!