Norfolk Southern, Georgia Tech develop AI-powered wheel defect detector

Norfolk Southern, Georgia Tech develop AI-powered wheel defect detector

By | November 4, 2025

After a derailment traced to a broken wheel, NS built its own high-speed imaging system to spot cracks before they cause trouble

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