UK starts early trials of World's first pothole preventing robot - eviltoast

Driverless vehicle that uses sensors to measure road surface quality and repair small cracks to stop them turning into potholes and hopefully decreasing the cost of road maintenance while improving average surface quality.

  • TheMurphy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s a fair guess, but my guess is the opposite. Prevention is far cheaper than repairing.

    And technological advances almost always comes out on top in terms of costs in the long run.

    And this is saving money for the government, not some CEO.