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Federal suit alleges AI system injured Union Pacific employee

25 April 2024

A Wyoming locomotive engineer is suing Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) in federal court, alleging he was injured when an AI computer software system caused two locomotives on the train on which he was working to move at conflicting speeds.

Andrew Kirol was injured in May 2021 when the AI software gave “incorrect, inconsistent, contradictory and dangerous instructions” to the locomotives powering the train, according to a lawsuit filed April 18 in the District of Wyoming.

Kirol was required to use the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-suit-alleges-ai-system-injured-union-pacific-employee

Parallel Systems tests autonomous rail vehicle technology

21 December 2023

Autonomous rail vehicle company Parallel Systems says it has publicly demonstrated how its rail vehicles connect with each other via bumper to bumper at its test track in Southern California.

This connection is the one of the first steps toward putting multiple rail vehicles together and creating platoons of up to 50 rail vehicles. Each rail vehicle functions like a rail car: A container sits on two robotlike vehicles with train wheels. Parallel Systems has said the technology would enable rail...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/parallel-systems-tests-autonomous-rail-vehicle-technology

Disruption junction: Startup aims to replace locomotives with autonomous railcars

4 November 2021

Imagine shorter, more environmentally friendly trains bearing everything from lithium carloads to intermodal containers across short-haul distances. Imagine further that these trains are unencumbered by long waits for locomotives — because they don’t use locomotives.

That is the vision that St.Louis-based rail technology startup Intramotev hopes to bring to fruition.

The company, founded in 2020 by Tim Luchini, Corey Vasel and Alex Peiffer, seeks to develop autonomous, zero-emission rail vehicles...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/disruption-junction-startup-aims-to-replace-locomotives-with-autonomous-railcars