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The pothole fixing robot using AI to maintain roads


A robot designed to prevent potholes is set to hit the roads of Hertfordshire, England, thanks to the power of AI.

US statesman Benjamin Franklin coined death and taxes as the only certainties in life but in the United Kingdom (UK), driver complaints about potholes on road surfaces could easily be a third guarantee. In a joint development by tech company Robotiz3d, alongside academics from the University of Liverpool in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council [HCC] Highways Engineers, the invention will soon head off into the real world, seeking to locate repairs in residential areas of the locality which borders Greater London. This can be due to poor maintenance, age, bad drainage, or nearby utility works then excess rainwater, ice, and traffic damage can make the problem worse.

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