Listen: IoT Impact On Road Infrastructure
Yotta, a technology firm in Great Britain, uses specially-equipped vehicles to take precise laser measurements for a database on road conditions in the UK. This initiative predicts and addresses current and future road issues, enhancing maintenance efficiency. New road assets will include sensors to improve data collection and support smarter infrastructure management.
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Key takeaways
Yotta uses advanced laser-equipped vehicles to create a precise database of road conditions in the UK.
The database aids in predicting and addressing road maintenance efficiently.
Future road assets will incorporate sensors for better data collection and infrastructure management.
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The internet of things just might be able to make your daily commute a bit smoother.
Yotta, a technology firm in Great Britain, is currently using specially-equipped vehicles to take laser measurements, accurate down to a nanometer, to create a working database of the exact state of road repair in the UK. The fleet of survey vehicles can connect all of the data gathered, including pavement conditions, bike paths, and even streetlights, into a database that can then be used to schedule maintenance in the most efficient way possible.
This technology can not only recognize current issues that need to be addressed, it can also predict future problems, based on statistical performance data.
As new assets are placed into service, they will contain sensors that will improve data gathering moving forward.
The advances in technology that help our homes get smarter, might help turn our roads into a literal information highway, as well.
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