Robotic Maintenance of Road Infrastructures: The HERON Project

Of all public assets, road infrastructure tops the list. Roads are crucial for economic development and growth, providing access to education, health, and employment. The maintenance, repair, and upgrade of roads are therefore vital to road users' health and safety as well as to a well-function...

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Main Authors Katsamenis, Iason, Bimpas, Matthaios, Protopapadakis, Eftychios, Zafeiropoulos, Charalampos, Kalogeras, Dimitris, Doulamis, Anastasios, Doulamis, Nikolaos, Montoliu, Carlos Martín-Portugués, Handanos, Yannis, Schmidt, Franziska, Ott, Lionel, Cantero, Miquel, Lopez, Rafael
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LanguageEnglish
Published 09.05.2022
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Computer Science - Robotics
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Abstract Of all public assets, road infrastructure tops the list. Roads are crucial for economic development and growth, providing access to education, health, and employment. The maintenance, repair, and upgrade of roads are therefore vital to road users' health and safety as well as to a well-functioning and prosperous modern economy. The EU-funded HERON project will develop an integrated automated system to adequately maintain road infrastructure. In turn, this will reduce accidents, lower maintenance costs, and increase road network capacity and efficiency. To coordinate maintenance works, the project will design an autonomous ground robotic vehicle that will be supported by autonomous drones. Sensors and scanners for 3D mapping will be used in addition to artificial intelligence toolkits to help coordinate road maintenance and upgrade workflows.
AbstractList Of all public assets, road infrastructure tops the list. Roads are crucial for economic development and growth, providing access to education, health, and employment. The maintenance, repair, and upgrade of roads are therefore vital to road users' health and safety as well as to a well-functioning and prosperous modern economy. The EU-funded HERON project will develop an integrated automated system to adequately maintain road infrastructure. In turn, this will reduce accidents, lower maintenance costs, and increase road network capacity and efficiency. To coordinate maintenance works, the project will design an autonomous ground robotic vehicle that will be supported by autonomous drones. Sensors and scanners for 3D mapping will be used in addition to artificial intelligence toolkits to help coordinate road maintenance and upgrade workflows.
Author Cantero, Miquel
Montoliu, Carlos Martín-Portugués
Ott, Lionel
Bimpas, Matthaios
Lopez, Rafael
Zafeiropoulos, Charalampos
Schmidt, Franziska
Doulamis, Nikolaos
Handanos, Yannis
Katsamenis, Iason
Doulamis, Anastasios
Protopapadakis, Eftychios
Kalogeras, Dimitris
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