Montreal Quebec - Duos Technologies Group Inc. yesterday announced a new five year agreement with CN that has Duos offering machine vision/artificial intelligence wayside detection safety data through a subscription service.
 
CN has been using the technology for more than five years on its Canadian and U.S. network to complement current manual inspections to maintain its fleet with more efficiency, leading to a safer and more reliable railway, Duos and CN officials said in a joint press release.
 
Beginning this month, Duos will offer shippers and car owners that transit the CN network the opportunity to subscribe to the machine vision safety data.
 
The information can be used for predictive maintenance, trend analytics, and overall fleet health and maintenance.
 
"By leveraging Duos' technology, we are enhancing our inspection processes, ensuring better maintenance and health of our overall fleet through key data points and predictive analytics," said Patrick Whitehead, CN's executive vice president and chief network operating officer.
 
Late last year, Duos and Amtrak began a pilot program to test the subscription concept for images.
 
Amtrak's long-distance passenger trains are scanned, and the machine vision images are sent in real time to Amtrak mechanical inspectors who have used the data with excellent results during the testing period, Duos officials said.
 
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