Automatic railcar recognition for identification and inspection — powered by cutting-edge AI

German firm Himmelsbach GmbH is a pioneer of 25 years in the field of automatic identification, registration and inspection of railway cars. The company’s analysis systems have been deployed in a host of countries, ranging from Kazakhstan and European countries to Saudi Arabia. General manager Michael Himmelsbach spoke to RailFreight.com about the company’s solutions.

Himmelsbach GmbH’s setup for the identification and recognition of train cars began a quarter of a century ago with the UIC wagon numbers. With the groundbreaking first adoption of artificial intelligence in the process 15 years ago, the number of items that can be recognised on captured images has grown exponentially. Himmelsbach GmbH’s systems work in temperatures from minus 40 to 60 degrees Celsius. Recordi…